Incredible Patience

Dear Brothers, Patience! Incredible patience! Incredible patience with doubting disciples. That's what strikes me each year on Easter 2 as the Gospel shows Jesus dealing with doubting Thomas. Perhaps that strikes me so strongly because ...

Review: Commentary on Luther’s Catechisms: Ten Commandments

Commentary on Luther’s Catechisms: Ten Commandments, by Albrecht Peters. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2009, 333 pages. Professor Dr. Albrecht Peters was a longtime member of the theological faculty of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg, Germany. ...

Simple Church

Thom Rainer is president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources.  He is a pastor and researcher, authoring more than twenty books, including Transformational Church and The Millennials.  Eric Geiger leads the LifeWay Church Resources division ...

Preach the Word – March/April 2013

Volume 16, Number 4. Encouragement Plan sermons ahead of time. Read More The Use of the Pericope How should pastors use the pericope for sermon texts? Read More When Sermons Become Heavy Burdens How do ...

Review: Lutheran Spirituality

Lutheran Spirituality: Life as God’s Child, Robert C. Baker, ed. St. Louis: Concordia, 2010. 301 pages. The general editor for this book is Rev. Robert C. Baker, Senior Editor of Adult Bible Studies, Concordia Publishing ...

Review: Johann Kilian, Pastor

Johann Kilian, Pastor: A Wendish Lutheran in Germany and Texas, by George Nielsen. Serbin, TX: Texas Wendish Historical Society, 2003. 84 pages (149 with appendix, notes, index, etc.). George Nielsen taught American History at Concordia ...

Review: Church Marketing 101

Church Marketing 101: Preparing Your Church for Greater Growth, by Richard L. Reising  Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2006.  206 pages. Richard Reising is the founder and president of Dallas-based Artistry Marketing, a national church-consulting ...

Review: Biblical Hermeneutics

Biblical Hermeneutics: Five Views, Edited by Stanley E. Porter & Beth M. Stovell. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2012. 224 pages. Stanley E. Porter is president, dean, and professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity ...

Review: Natural Law

Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal, Robert C. Baker, general editor, Roland Cap Ehlke, editor. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2011. 302 pages. Robert C. Baker received his MDiv from Concordia Seminary (St. Louis), and is ...

Review: Rediscovering the Church Fathers

Rediscovering the Church Fathers: Who They Were and How They Shaped the Church, by Michael A.G. Haykin. Wheaton: Crossway, 2011. 172 pages. Dr. Michael A.G. Haykin is the professor of church history and Biblical spirituality ...