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: 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: The Fabricated Luther: Refuting Nazi Connections and Other Modern Myths, 2nd Edition
Correction. In the review of The Fabricated Luther (posted on October 28, 2013), the Shepherd's Study incorrectly reported that the work is a translation of an original German monograph. In actuality the work was based on the author's ...
Preach the Word – July/August 2013
Volume 16, Number 6. Thank You Paul Prange thanks the readers and contributors for their brotherly conversation. Read More The Intellectual Level of the Sermon Three brothers discuss the best way to reach a varied ...
Review: The Real Luther
The Real Luther: A Friar at Erfurt & Wittenberg: Exploring Luther’s Life with Melanchthon as Guide, by Franz Posset. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 2011. 195 pages. Dr. Franz Posset is an independent researcher ...
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. ...
Review: Commentary on Luther’s Catechisms: Creed
Commentary on Luther’s Catechisms: Creed, by Albrecht Peters, (trans. Thomas Trapp). St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2011. 306 pages. Albrecht Peters (d. Oct 26, 1987) was a professor at Ruprecht-Karl-Univeristät in Heidelberg, West Germany. Peters ...
Review: Friends of the Law
Friends of the Law: Luther’s Use of the Law for the Christian Life, by Edward A. Engelbrecht, St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2011. xvii + 310 pages. Edward Engelbrecht “serves as the senior editor for ...
Review: Luther: Man between God and the Devil
Luther: Man between God and the Devil, by Heiko Oberman, translated by Eileen Walliser-Schwarzbart. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989. 330 pages (380 with notes, index, etc.). (German original: Luther: Mensch zwischen Gott und Teufel. ...
Review: Commentary on Luther’s Catechisms: Lord’s Prayer
Commentary on Luther’s Catechisms: Lord’s Prayer, by Albrecht Peters. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2011. 221 pages. The late Dr. Albrecht Peters was a longtime member of the theological faculty of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg, ...