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Hi, and welcome to my page. I am Pastor Wade
Johnston. I have served Christ since July 18, 2004, when I was ordained
into the public minstry, an event both humbling and exciting. I was
born and raised in Livonia, Michigan by John and Jocelynn Johnston. I
have a brother, Adam, who is a high school science teacher in Columbus,
Ohio. I was raised Roman Catholic (Roman Catholic grade school and
junior high--I was even an altar boy) until I was 18, when I became a
member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church on December 31, 1995 at Peace
Ev. Lutheran Church in Livonia, MI. I am proud to be a Lutheran, and
ever-thankful to God for allowing me to experience the height and
breadth of his grace, mercy, forgiveness, and love, as it is faithfully
preserved, proclaimed, and applied in the confessional churches (those
that still confess the same truth taught in the Lutheran Confessions)
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
I would never trade the treasure of Word and
Sacrament for anything. What a joy to be unable to wash my face without
remembering my adoption as God's son in Baptism! What a rejuvination to
receive God's gracious gift of His Son's Body and Blood in Holy
Communion, and to know the forgiveness and life it gives! What a
comfort to hear Christ Himself speak God's promise of grace and mercy
to me personally through the mouth of a fellow pastor in a sermon or in
absolution, and to read of His love in the trustworthy and unbreakable
Word of God! That is what being Lutheran has meant to me. I pray this
site helps bring the same joy, strength, and comfort to you.
Below I have included some of my favorite links. I have also included
some things I have written and translated myself. I hope you find it
useful.
Note: These are pdf files so, if you haven't already done so in the
past, download Adobe Reader. You can do that at the following
link:
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Pastor's Papers and
Translations
Coming soon, Lord willing (assuming I can focus on one task): the first part of Flacius' Catalogue of
Testimonies and a sermon by Martin
Chemnitz on Holy Baptism. Sacred Meditations are now in print and available from Magdeburg Press (magdeburgpress.com).
Flacius
On True and False Adiaphora: Part I
I still need to clean this up a bit, but this is the first part of
Flacius' three part work on True and False Adiaphora. I am working on
Part III now. Our German study group, Lord willing, will complete Part
II, which is by far the largest section.
Adolph
Hoenecke on Faithfulness in the Pastoral Office (Predigtamt)
This interesting series of conference papers was translated by Pastor
Nathaniel Bourman and myself.
A
Sermon by Adolph Hoenecke on Hebrews 13:7,8 - Tr. Wade Johnston
The
Doctrine of Election and of the Believers' Certainty of Salvation
This is a translation of the Wisconsin Synod's evaluation of the
Norwegian Synod's theses on election from 1908. This translation was
done by Pastors Nathan Sutton, Nathaniel Bourman, Jason Oakland, and
myself.
Concerning
Cases of Conscience, and in specific Baptism - Friedrich Balduin - Tr.
Wade Johnston
Concerning
Conscience, and Its Cases in General - Friedrich Balduin - Tr. Wade
Johnston
Sermon
by G. Stoeckhardt 1 Peter 1:24,25
Part
3 of Adolph Hoenecke's Series on Adiaphora
Hoenecke Sermons for the
Historic Lectionary NEW and updated often
Each week our German study group, consisting of Prs. Luke Boehringer,
Timothy Kolb, Herb Kuske, and myself have been translating these sermon
notes from Adolph Hoenecke. The sermons are very rough, as we have not
gone back through them yet, but give an idea of how Hoenecke approached
the Gospel and Epistle for each week. Pr. Kuske especially has done a
lot of extra work on these.
Holy Week
Prayers from the Old German Agenda of What Became WELS
These prayers were translated by Prs.
Luke Boehringer, Timothy Kolb, Herb Kuske, Tyler Peil, and myself at
our German study group meetings.
Paul Gerhardt Baptism Hymn
This is my feeble and rough attempt to
translate and put to meter Paul Gerhardt's Baptism Hymn, Du Volk, das getaufet bist und deinen GOtt
erkennest.
Paul Gerhardt Communion
Hymn
This is my feeble and rough attempt to
translate and put to meter Paul Gerhardt's Communion Hymn, Von heiligen
Abendmahl.
Funeral
Sermon by Paul Gerhardt
I translated this with important help from Pr. Timothy Kolb, Pr. Herb
Kuske, and Pr. Luke Boehringer.
Paul Gerhardt
Historical Fiction
My rough and admittedly meager attempt at a historical novel based on
the life of Paul Gerhardt.
C.F.W Walther
Sermon on Isaiah 60:1-6
C.F.W.
Walther Sermon on Matthew 22:15-22
This sermon was translated by Pastor Jason Oakland and myself.
C.F.W.
Walther Sermon on Luke 1:26-38
C.F.W. Walther
Sermon on Luke 18:9-14
C.F.W.
Walther Sermon on John 20:19-31
This sermon was translated by Pastor Jason Oakland and myself.
C.F.W.
Walther Sermon on Acts 2:1-13
This sermon was translated by Pastor Jason Oakland and myself.
C.F.W.
Walther Devotion on Jeremiah 5:3
Liturgical Catechesis in the Lutheran Faith
An adult instruction course arranged according the the Common Service,
going through the truths of the Small Catechism, using the Bible
stories in which our Western Rite has its roots.
The
Why in Our Worship
Brief insights on Lutheran worship and the Common Service of the
Lutheran Church by Pastor Aaron Boehm and myself.
Sacramental
Evangelism in a Postmodern World
Morsels
from the Master - Catechism
An expanded presentation of the eternal truths of Scripture, as
presented in Luther's Small Catechism, this is the catechism book I
have developed for my 7th and 8th grade
students.
Morsels
from the Master - Adult
An expanded presentation of the eternal truths of Scripture, as
presented in Luther's Small Catechism, this is an adult catechism book,
adaptated from my course for my 7th
and 8th grade students. This is intended for those who are already
members of the congregation.
Morsels from the
Master - Inquirers
An expanded presentation of the eternal truths of Scripture, as
presented in Luther's Small Catechism, this course, adapted from my
course for my 7th and 8th grade students, is intended for those seeking
membership at Christ Lutheran Church.
Survey
of Lutheran Confessions Seminar
One of our Saturday Seminars, these materials present a brief history
of creeds and confessions in the Church, the biblical necessity to
confess the faith, the history behind the Lutheran Confessions, some
information on each Confession, and discussion questions.
Augsburg
Confession: Introduction to the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Used as a Sunday Christian Education Class and as an Adult Instruction
Course at times, this class examines the Augsburg Confession, providing
historical background, proof passages, commentary, discussion
questions, etc.
A
Survey of Christian History
A course that provides a glance at the Church's history from Christ
through the Formula of Concord. This did not copy well into html
format.
Survey
of Christian History Powerpoint
Powerpoint lessons to accompany the course linked above.
Civil
Government Seminar
One of our Fourth Saturday Seminars, these materials present the
biblical, confessional view of the roles of church and state, and the
Christian's place in both.
Church
Fellowship Seminar
One of our Fourth Saturday Seminars, these materials present the
biblical, confessional view of church fellowship, presenting the
principles first, and then moving to the application of them.
End
of Life Issues Seminar
One of the Fourth Saturday Seminars, these materials present the
Christian view of life and principles for making end of life decisions.
Justification/Sanctification
Seminar
One of the Fourth Saturday Seminars, these materials present the
biblical view of justification and sanctification as clearly presented
by the Lutheran Confessions..
Lutheran
Worship Seminar
One of the Fourth Saturday Seminars, these materials present biblical,
confessional principles for Lutheran Worship.
Proverbs
8: Simply Wisdom Personified or Christ Himself?
What
Unified/Divided the Anabaptists
A brief essay on the Radical Reformation
Romans
12 Bible Study
Metrical
Psalmody
A brief history and explanation of this musical style.
A
Guided Tour of Saint Paul's Epistle to the Galatians with Doctor Martin
Luther of Wittenberg
This is a class on Galatians I prepared for educational purposes only
here at Christ. This is NOT TO BE REPRODUCED. All Luther quotes are
from the American Edition and are property of the Concordia/Augsburg
Fortress Publishing Houses.
Pastor's Links
Wisconsin Synod Home
Page
A great resource. An informative question and answer service, as well
as devotions, articles, and other fine materials. Check out the
directory for WELS churches in your area. Check out the worship link
for an idea of what you will experience in many WELS churches.
Wisconsin Lutheran
Seminary Home Page
Take a look at our synod's school for training canidates for the
ministry.
Wisconsin
Lutheran Seminary Library - Essays
A great collection of essays on various theological topics.
Logia: A Journal of
Lutheran Theology
A journal devoted to confessionally Lutheran theology.
Lutheran
Theology Web Site
A great collection of essays on various topics by many prominent
Lutheran theologians.
Lutheran
Cyclopedia
A great reference book for those interested in Lutheran history and
issues. This book is now free at this link.
German-English
Dictionary - TU Chemnitz
A great dictionary for those interested in reading theological German.
The Perseus
Project
A site with Latin and Greek dictionaries, as well as classical and
early Christian literature.
Early Church
Fathers
Free library of patristic writings.
Northwestern Publishing
House
Great Lutheran Christian books, music, art, church supplies, etc.
Project
Wittenberg
Some great, free Lutheran historical, confessional, and catechetical
documents.
Repristination
Press
A great place to purchase monumental writings of Lutheran Orthodoxy.
Studium
Excitare
I recently found this site through a paper liked on the Lutheran
Theology Web Site. There are some interesting and worthwhile
translations provided there. I do not know much about the men who run
the site, but they do note that they are all students at Martin Luther
College.
Pastor's Favorite Books (a work in
progress)
The Holy Bible - Concordia
Self-Study Bible (NIV) English
Standard Version
Hebrew
Old Testament Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew and English Lexicon
Greek
New Testament New
Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament
The Lutheran Confessions - Kolb
- Wengert Translation Concordia Triglotta
Latin - Dictionary
of Ecclesiastical Latin
German - Cassell's
German Dictionary
Martin Chemnitz - Ministry,
Word, and Sacraments: An Enchiridion Examination
of the Council of Trent Loci
Theologici The
Lord's Supper Two
Natures in Christ The
Lord's Prayer
Johann Gerhard - A
Comprehensive Explanation of Holy Baptism and the Lord's Supper (1610)
Meditations
on Divine Mercy Sacred
Meditations
Martin Luther - The
Sermons of Martin Luther What
Luther Says: A Practical In-Home Anthology for the Active Christian
Luther's
Works
C.F.W. Walther - Law
and Gospel Church
and Ministry
Edward W.A. Koehler - A
Summary of Christian Doctrine
Harold Senkbeil - Dying
to Live: The Power of Forgiveness Sanctification,
Christ in Action
Gene Edward Veith, Jr. - The
Spirituality of the Cross: The Way of the First Evangelicals
Postmodern
Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture
Robert Preus - The
Theology of Post-Reformation Lutheranism Justification
and Rome
Bo Giertz - The
Hammer of God
Hermann Sasse - We
Confess Anthology Here
We Stand The
Lonely Way, vol. 1 The
Lonely Way, vol. 2 This
Is My Body: Luther's Contention for the Real Presence in the Sacrament
of the Altar
Siegbert Becker - The
Foolishness of God Revelation:
The Distant Triumph Song
Ernest Schwiebert - Luther
and His Times: The Reformation from a New Perspective
James Kittelson - Luther
the Reformer
Heiko Oberman - Luther
Justo Gonzalez - The
Story of Christianity
Frank Senn - Christian
Liturgy: Catholic and Evangelical
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