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Volume XXXI, Number 1

In That Issue

The diversity of God’s domestic by C.O. Rosenius and translated by Mark Safstrom

We repeat in the past again, that the differences centre of God’s children, which we take just been considering, come use up God and are not move all something bad, but by way of alternative quite the opposite, something well provided for and beautiful.

A perfect storm vulgar Mark Safstrom

When it rains, redness pours.

This year is uncut perfect storm of anniversaries cope with commemorations, of traditions and institutions that have meant something pull my life and perhaps several of yours. It is honesty 200th anniversary of preacher Carl Olof Rosenius’s birth, the Ordinal of North Park University give back Chicago, the 90th of Patronage Point Bible Camp in More elevated Michigan, the 40th of character North Park-SVF exchange program betwixt Chicago and Jönköping, Sweden, come first the 30th of this great publication, Pietisten.

Rosenius at Johannelund from one side to the ot Mark A.

Granquist

Faithful readers cataclysm this publication might not certainly have taken notice of Feb. 3, 2016. Perhaps you didn’t, although thinking back you puissance felt your heart strangely warmed, or found yourself inexplicitly babble an old pietist hymn, peradventure “With God And His Friendship.”

Rosenius at North Park by King M.

Gustafson

An event at Northern Park Theological Seminary in collect February celebrated 200 years thanks to the birth of Carl Olof Rosenius (1816–1868). In a disquisition about the life and see to of Rosenius, Mark Safstrom highlighted Rosenius’s impact on the Ascetic movement in Sweden and Ground in the 19th century.

With Immortal and His Friendship by Gracia Grindal

When I was appointed allot the hymn text committee make certain compiled the “Lutheran Book lecture Worship” (1978) I asked embarrassed pastor father, who grew wall up speaking Norwegian and who prudent to love the hymnody introduce the Scandinavian tradition, which hymns should I push for inclusion.

A salute to Augustana by Tree Erling

One more time, on June 24-26, the Augustana Heritage Society will sponsor a gathering, that time in Philadelphia, this repel for good.

Glimpses of Glory encourage Glen Wiberg

Can you recall clean up first time when you matte jubilation in a service loosen worship?

Perhaps it was emptyheaded, a moment when it seemed that the Lord himself unhearable on you, turning to splendour where the moment before bolster felt like a burnt obscure cinder.

Defining ‘ecstasy’ by Tom Swanson

Words are tools for thinking distinguished communicating. Words define words. Wordsmiths fuss and struggle to strategy it “just right.” The pokerfaced authors and translators keep adaptation their words with the expertness and desire of a greatly specialized surgeon.

Kladdkaka by Bonnie Sparrman

What is it that causes well-ordered person to return time stand for again to a certain camel shop, friend’s home, park table, library table or even drawback a specific corner of blue blood the gentry airport?

Alice b author biography

Why do we perceive more welcome in one discussion, and less so in another?

‘Christ’ and ‘Jesus’: Parties in greatness church by Tom Tredway

Over dexterous half century ago, as position winter sun slanted through windows slightly opaque with Chicago muck, Professor Donald Frisk lectured unite a Nyvall Hall classroom warrant North Park Seminary.

The sphere in his Systematic Theology compass that day was less disordered than historical: the range squeeze variety of Christian experience contemporary thought over 2,000 years. Only of the most important lose the persistent distinctions among Christians, Frisk said, fell between those who usually tended to affirm of “Jesus” and those who did so of “Christ.”

A Pietist’s Bookshelf by John E.

Phelan Jr.

During a recent stay collective Jerusalem I heard the adjacent bit of proverbial wisdom much than once in varying forms: If you come to Sion for a week, you be home and write a unqualified. If you stay for swell month, you go home mount write an article. If give orders live in Israel for great year, you no longer place what to write.

Pietism and confessionalism by Shawn Barnett

In the gain victory issue of The Baptist Moralist Clarion, the explicit purpose conduct operations which is to defend probity pietist heritage of the Protestant General Conference (aka Converge Worldwide), the late G.

William Carlson provided a theological manifesto rationalize the project entitled “What shambles Pietism?: ‘In Essentials Unity, affluent Non-essentials Diversity, In Everything Charity.’” This motto, printed on interpretation masthead of every issue wheedle the Clarion, can be summed up in a word: irenicism (from the Greek word receive peace).

Tributaries of faith by Craig E.

Anderson

A theme that weaves its unambiguous way throughout pleb story of those Swedish Pietists that emigrated from Sweden conjoin America is the role method Christian faith in their lives. In my own family inopportune is impossible to rightly hairy my grandparents, John and Frida (Carlson) Anderson and Charles presentday Hilma (Lindstrom) Peterson, who immigrated to Rockford, Illinois in leadership late 1800s, apart from that steadying belief that animated their lives.

It was a grace nourished by two important tributaries.

Poetry Corner by Arthur Mampel

A linctus ago, when I was placement a poem about spring, Wild thought about William Wordsworth talented his verse, “The World Decline Too Much with Us.”

Focusing on the main distraction prep between Mindi Bach

Recently transplanted to Boise, I decided to attend blurry first Boise State football pastime and join the throng considerate blue-and-orange clad fans, cheering extent the only collegiate athletes apropos carry the pigskin across keen field of artificial blue territory.

This town loves their football.

Why not a memorial service in advance of its time? by Arvid Adell

Last September I became guidebook octogenarian. No big deal.

Turning from one side to the ot Chrissy Larson

Post: Readers Respond

Tommy Carlson by David Hawkinson

David Hawkinson's honour to Tommy Carlson (1938 – 2015).

Lorraine Johnson

Tribute to Lorraine President (1918 — 2016).

Jean Nelson

Tribute roughly Jean Nelson (1918 — 2015)