A Light of the World
Dear Brothers, As a child, the Olympics fascinated me. With eyes glued to the TV, I loved hearing NBC's Olympic fanfare. But as years passed, I've grown weary of the humanistic pride of the "Olympic ...
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 ...
Review: How to Preach a Parable
How to Preach a Parable: Designs for Narrative Sermons is a title pregnant with meaning. The title seems to suggest that this book is a how-to-preach-on-parables manual of sorts. However, the book’s title is hinting ...
Review: Ancient Christian Doctrine
If we learn anything from a book like this (and we must) it is that Hermann Sasse had it right: “The church fathers must be read in their entirety” (Letters to Lutheran Pastors, Volume I, ...
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: Gospel Sermons
Gospel Sermons: Volume I, by C.F.W. Walther. Translated by Donald E. Heck. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2013. 306 pages. C.F.W. Walther (1811-87) has long been regarded as the “American Luther” due to the important ...
Review: Love & Respect
Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires, The Respect He Desperately Needs. Emerson Eggerichs. Nashville, TN: Nelson, Thomas Inc., 2004. Paperback – 324 pages. Emerson Eggerichs is the former senior pastor of Trinity Church, ...
Word Made Flesh
Dear Brothers, In Dangerous Calling David Tripp warns every pastor of losing his awe of God. Tripp quotes an address by Benjamin Warfield: Other men, oppressed by the hard conditions of life, sunk in the ...
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: A Year with the Church Fathers
A Year with the Church Fathers: Meditations for Every Day of the Church Year, by Scott R. Murray. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2011, 408 pages. Scott Murray is an LCMS parish pastor since 1983 ...