Frederick the Wise

by: Jul 11, 2016Shepherd's Study0
  • title_of_work: Frederick the Wise: Seen and Unseen Lives of Martin Luther’s Protector
  • author_of_work: Sam Wellman
  • reviewer: Pastor Benjamin Tomczak
  • page_number: 352
  • format_availability: Paperback, Kindle
  • price: $25.99/$12.99
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  It seems strange that much of the life of one of the men who saved the Lutheran Reformation is, in Wellman’s words, “unseen.” We think we know so much about Frederick the Wise, the ...

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Antony of Egypt

by: Jul 5, 2016Shepherd's Study0
  • title_of_work: Athanasius: The Life of Antony of Egypt
  • author_of_work: St. Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria; English paraphrase by Albert Haase, O.F.M.
  • reviewer: Pastor Christopher Doerr
  • page_number: 128
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  • price: $15.00/$12.99
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  In the main part of this book, St. Athanasius (the author) and Friar Haase (the peppy modern paraphraser) present, as a model of “spiritual formation” (19, 21) for us to imitate, the life story ...

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Lutherans in America

by: Jun 26, 2016Shepherd's Study0
  • title_of_work: Lutherans in America: A New History
  • author_of_work: Mark Granquist
  • reviewer: Pastor Benjamin Tomczak
  • page_number: 375
  • format_availability: Paperback, Kindle
  • price: $60.00/$34.99
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  The subtitle is fascinating: A New History. In our day and age, we have gotten used to getting the “true” story about this, that, or the other historical event or person. Myths (pious or ...

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James

by: Jun 20, 2016Shepherd's Study0
  • title_of_work: James from the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament
  • author_of_work: Craig Blomberg & Mariam Kamell
  • reviewer: Pastor Dan Waldschmidt
  • page_number: 288
  • format_availability: Hardcover/Kindle
  • price: $29.99/$10.99
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  This commentary is part of the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary series. This series has a unique layout. The commentary for each paragraph is broken down into several sections. The first section is “Literary Context,” which ...

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