Review: The Connecting Church

The Connecting Church: Beyond Small Groups to Authentic Communion 2.0, by Randy Frazee, Grand Rapids:  Zondervan, 2013.  256 pages. Randy Frazee is the senior minister of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, where he ...

Review: Letters to Lutheran Pastors

Letters to Lutheran Pastors, Volume 1 (1948–1951), by Hermann Sasse. Edited and Translated by Matthew C. Harrison. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2013. 480 pages. Hermann Sasse (1895–1976) was a German Lutheran pastor and professor. ...

Preach the Word – November/December 2013

Volume 17, Number 2. Preaching to the Choir Lutheran preachers are, generally-speaking, preaching to believers who are gathered for worship – they are, in essence, “preaching to the choir.” What does the “choir” need to ...

The Master’s Mina

Dear Brothers, The cloth in which he laid away his master's mina was meant for wiping the sweat off his brow as he labored with all his might to put his master's money "to work" ...

Review: A Lutheran Looks at Mega Churches

A Lutheran Looks at Mega Churches, by Andrew P. Bauer. Milwaukee: NPH, 2012. 99 pages. Andrew Bauer is the pastor at New Life Lutheran Church in Lake Zurich, Illinois. Pastor Bauer, the author of A ...

Review: The Fabricated Luther: Refuting Nazi Connections and Other Modern Myths, 2nd Edition

Correction. In the review of The Fabricated Luther (posted on October 28, 2013), the Shepherd's Study incorrectly reported that the work is a translation of an original German monograph. In actuality the work was based on the author's ...

Review: Right in Their Own Eyes

Right In Their Own Eyes—The Gospel According to Judges, by George M. Schwab. Phillipsburg: P and R Publishing, 2011. 233 pages. George M. Schwab is an Associate professor of Old Testament at Erskine Seminary. He ...

Above and Beyond

Dear Brothers, "So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, 'We are unworthy servants, we have only done our duty.'"  (Luke 17:10) What's Jesus doing with those words ...

Review: Give Them Grace

Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus, by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick & Jessica Thompson. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2011. 213 pages. Elyse M. Fitzpatrick holds an M.A. in Biblical Counseling. She is ...

Review: Glorious Ruin

Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free, by Tullian Tchividjian. Colorado Springs: David C. Cook, 2012. 206 pages. Readers of The Shepherds Study book reviews may be aware that Tullian Tchividjian resigned from the public ...