Preach the Word – September/October 2015
Volume 19, Number 1. This issue of Preach the Word begins a new series from Mike Geiger: preaching to Millennials while maintaining connection with other generations. Exegizing your text...your audience! Exegesis. It's what every preacher ...
Review: Women Pastors?
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...” These words from the Declaration of Independence have no legal authority, since they are not part of the Constitution or the Bill ...
Review: The Commentators’ Bible: Leviticus
ANOTHER COMMENTARY?!?! That is perhaps a person’s reaction to this review. However this book is unique when it comes to commentaries, at least most English commentaries. This is not just one commentator’s thoughts on Leviticus, ...
Review: The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture
Bart Ehrman presents a challenge to Christians. His challenge is in the area of textual criticism. His main point is this: We do not have the original pieces of paper on which Mark wrote his ...
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: Luther’s Works: Prefaces I
Luther’s forty-five prefaces to the works of others, from 1520 to 1532, each with its own scholarly introduction, touch on autobiography, history, exegesis, polemics, and pastoral theology. “Most significantly, the prefaces convey a clear sense ...
Preach the Word – January/February 2014
Volume 17, Number 3. The "Ideal" Sermon How would you define the “ideal” sermon? What are its characteristics? Church Growth authority C. Peter Wagner defined the ideal sermon as follows: “is not intellectual, but emotional; ...
Review: The Gospel According to Isaiah 53
The Gospel According to Isaiah 53: Encountering the Suffering Servant in Jewish and Christian Theology. Darrell L. Bock and Mitch Glaser, editors. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel Publications, 2012. Paperback. 334 pages. Darrell L. Bock (Ph.D., ...
Review: Bread of Life from Heaven
Bread of Life from Heaven: The Theology of the Means of Grace, the Public Ministry, and church Fellowship, Gaylin R. Schmeling. Mankato, MN: Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary Press, 2009. 391 pages. Gaylin Schmeling currently serves ...