BECAUSE YOU BEAR THIS NAME by Bonnie Howe
Justin Rossow reviews BECAUSE YOU BEAR THIS NAME: Conceptual Metaphor and the Moral Meaning of 1 Peter. By Bonnie Howe. Boston: Brill, 2006. xxii + 402 pages. Cloth. $181.00
THE SEDUCTION OF EXTREMES: Swallowing Camels and Straining Gnats, by Peter Kurowski
Having defined paradox as “the wedding of two seemingly contradictory truths that form a deeper truth” (17), Dr. Kurowski states the thesis of his book thus: “The heart of Christianity is its paradoxical gospel” (124), “the gospel itself being the chief paradox” (54). Paradox characterizes the person of Christ: He is simultaneously one hundred percent God and one hundred percent man. Paradox characterizes the saving work of Christ on the cross; there the perfectly sinless One is made sin for us. Paradox characterizes the way the Good News of this Person and what He did for us works on people; its weakness is God’s strength and its foolishness is God’s wisdom…
Francis Rossow reviews THE SEDUCTION OF EXTREMES: Swallowing Camels and Straining Gnats. By Peter Kurowski. Winepress Publishing, 2007. 178 pages. Paper. No price given
PREACHING WITH ALL YOU’VE GOT: Embodying the Word by David Day
Fracis Rossow reviews PREACHING WITH ALL YOU’VE GOT: Embodying the Word. By David Day. Hendrickson Publishers, 2005. 186 pages. Paper. $16.95
EZRA, NEHEMIAH, ESTHER: New International Biblical Commentary, by L. Allen and T. Laniak
Merlin Rehm reviews NEW INTERNATION BIBLICAL COMMENTARY: Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther. By L. Allen and T. Laniak. Peabody: Hendrickson. 2003. 290 pages. Paper. $11.95
JAMES; 1, 2 PETER; 1,2,3 JOHN; JUDE (The People’s Bible) by Mark A. Jeske
Merlin Rehm reviews JAMES, 1, 2, PETER, 1,2,3, JOHN, JUDE. (The People’s Bible). By Mark A. Jeske. Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 2002. 347 pages. Paper. $15.99
WORSHIP, GOTTESDIENST, CULTUS DEI by James L. Brauer
Timothy Maschke reviews WORSHIP, GOTTESDIENST, CULTUS DEI: What the Lutheran Confessions Say About Worship. By James L. Brauer, editor. St. Louis: Concordia, 2005. 304 pages. Hardback. $29.99
THE WIT OF MARTIN LUTHER by Eric W. Gritsch
Timothy Maschke reviews THE WIT OF MARTIN LUTHER. By Eric W. Gritsch. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2006. 142 pages. Paper. $7.00
HOW TO THINK THEOLOGICALLY by Howard W. Stone and James O. Duke
Timothy Maschke reviews HOW TO THINK THEOLOGICALLY. By Howard W. Stone and James O. Duke. Second Edition. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006. 142 pages. Paper. $15.00
GOD WORDS: Intro to Classic Christian Theology by Terry Dittmer, et al.
Timothy Maschke reviews GOD WORDS: Intro to Classic Christian Theology. By Terry Dittmer, John Johnson, David Lumpp, Paul Raabe, William Weinrich and Dean Wenthe. St. Louis: Concordia, 2004. 188 pages. $12.99
THE CAPTIVATION OF THE WILL by Gerhard O. Forde, Steven Paulson, ed.
David Loy reviews THE CAPTIVATION OF THE WILL: Luther vs. Erasmus on Freedom and Bondage. By Gerhard O. Forde, Steven Paulson, ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005. 136 pages. Paper. $20.00
THE AMERICANIZATION PROCESS AND THE SECOND GENERATION by C. George Fry and Joel R. Kurz
David Loy reviews THE AMERICANIZATION PROCESS AND THE SECOND GENERATION: The German Lutheran Matthias Loy (1828-1915) Caught Between Adaptation and Repristinization. By C. George Fry and Joel R. Kurz. Studies in Religious Leadership, vol. 2. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 2005. 367 pages. Cloth. $119.95
THE BOOK THAT BREATHES NEW LIFE by Walter Brueggemann
Reed Lessing reviews THE BOOK THAT BREATHES NEW LIFE: Scriptural Authority and Biblical Theology. By Walter Brueggemann. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005. 228 pages. Cloth. $35.00
HOW MUCH DOES GOD FOREKNOW?: A Comprehensive Biblical Study by Stephen Roy
Reed Lessing reviews HOW MUCH DOES GOD FOREKNOW?: A Comprehensive Biblical Study. By Steven Roy. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2006. 324 pages. Paper. $22.00