A collection of essays from the 2009 and 2010 annual conferences of The Augustana Ministerium. The Augustana Ministerium is a guild for Confessional Lutheran pastors which was established to provide support for such pastors in the faithful fulfillment of their calling. The annual conference provides an opportunity to on-going theological instruction, and for the edification of the members of the ministerium. This volume is the first published collection of such essays.