Review: Justification Reconsidered
When I was in college I remember being told, “The first five times you read the psalms, you’ll realize how little you really know. The next five times you read the psalms you’ll start to ...
Review: Deeper Places
Content of Deeper Places Premise In Jacoby's introduction, he writes: ...most people struggle to attain anything more than a remote and abstract idea about God...It is little wonder, then, that we have no emotional connection ...
Review: Commentary on Luther’s Catechisms: Baptism and Lord’s Supper
There are three sections to this volume. In the first section, Peters discusses Luther’s understanding of the sacraments. Some highlights are: Discussions of the early church fathers between the active “I baptize” or passive “is ...
Review: Luther and His World
I’ve come to appreciate small books. Perhaps I’ve grown lazy. Perhaps I use the excuse, “I don’t have time,” to dislike engaging in five or six hundred page examinations of this or that topic. Or, ...
Review: Brothers, We Are Not Professionals
The subtitle of this engaging read is “A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry”. Titles like that tend to upset the reader’s equilibrium. One never knows what to expect when he hears the word “radical”. ...
Review: Galatians
Readers of The Shepherd’s Study are familiar with the circumstances surrounding Paul’s letter to the Galatians, but it is always edifying to review. Certain missionaries were trying to persuade Paul’s Gentile converts in Galatia to ...
Review: The Mother of the Reformation
Almost every Lutheran has heard what a remarkable person Katharine Luther was. Yet how much do we actually know about her life? Not as much as we would like, says her biographer Ernst Kroker. "With ...
Review: Balanced Christianity
In this terse book, Stott addresses what he calls in the opening chapter a “tragedy” in “evangelical Christians” – “polarization” (7). This is the tendency toward one pole or the other in any issue. Whether ...
Review: Christ Have Mercy
I: Content The subtitle to this pleasant little book is How to Put Your Faith into Action. Under the theme of the Kyrie, Harrison takes us along on a tour of different situations and mission ...
Review: Letters from a Counselor
Letters from a Counselor was written to encourage pastors in mission congregations during the busy, stressful times of Advent and Holy Week. Wayne Schulz's encouragement to his missionaries to witness for Jesus is relevant for ...