The American Muhammad
All false doctrine is the same under the skin. Once you delve into what makes a particular system of heresy tick, you can note similarities with other false teachers and other false teachings, and ...
Letter Writing in Greco-Roman Antiquity
When the Holy Spirit inspired the New Testament, he made frequent use of letters. Paul, Peter John, and other disciples of Christ wrote letters under the Spirit’s guidance. In his book, Letter Writing in ...
Review: The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity
Will this book end up as shelf-furniture? I struggled with that question while writing this review. It’s a good book, but it may not be for you. The introduction correctly claims that the book ...
Review: How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind
When were the seeds of Christianity first sown on the continent of Africa? From a WELS historical perspective, one might recall the Synodical Conference’s start of mission work in Nigeria in 1936 or Wisconsin’s ...
Review: Fallen
This book is a volume in the Theology in Community series, which is advertised as “first-rate evangelical scholars taking a multidisciplinary approach to key Christian doctrines.” The goal is to focus on the Old and ...
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 ...
Review: Messiah
Among the various traditions this time of year, George Friederic Handel’s Messiah is often one of them. Perhaps it is the tradition of attending a performance of Messiah on a December evening before Christmas. Perhaps ...
Review: Luther and His World
I’ve come to appreciate small books. Perhaps I’ve grown lazy. Perhaps I use the excuse, “I don’t have time,” to dislike engaging in five or six hundred page examinations of this or that topic. Or, ...
Review: The Mother of the Reformation
Almost every Lutheran has heard what a remarkable person Katharine Luther was. Yet how much do we actually know about her life? Not as much as we would like, says her biographer Ernst Kroker. "With ...
Review: Walther’s Hymnal
The transition from the German language to English could rightly be considered one of the most challenging issues in the history of confessional Lutheranism in America. That transition forced countless Lutherans to express their faith ...