Review: A Place for Weakness
A Place for Weakness is a book all about being prepared for suffering. In fact, the subtitle to the book Preparing Yourself for Suffering seems to be a more appropriate title. The idea for ...
Review: Martin Luther: Preacher of the Cross
Martin Luther served the church in many capacities. He was called friar, priest, professor, doctor, and reformer. Yet of all the words that one could use to describe him, perhaps none would summarize the work ...
Preach the Word – September/October 2014
Volume 18, Number 1. In this new volume, Pastor Tom Westra begins a series on self-evaluation based on a survey of WELS Pastors. In addition, End Times thoughts are shared by Pastor Westra and Pastor ...
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 ...
Review: I Trust When Dark My Road
I Trust When Dark My Road: A Lutheran View of Depression, by Todd A. Peperkorn. LC-MS World Relief and Human Care, 2009. 95 pages. Todd Peperkorn served as an LC-MS Pastor of Messiah Ev. Lutheran ...
Review: Handbook of Consolations
Handbook of Consolations for the Fears and Trials That Oppress Us in the Struggle with Death, by Johann Gerhard, translated by Carl L. Beckwith. Eugene OR: Wipf & Stock, 2009. 90 pages. Johann Gerhard (1582–1637) ...
Review: The Problem of Suffering
The Problem of Suffering: A Father’s Hope, by Gregory P. Schulz. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2011. 144 pages. Greg Schulz is an ordained Lutheran pastor who also holds a doctorate in philosophy. He is ...