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, ...

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 ...