book review
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MARK 1:1–8:26 Concordia Commentary By James Voelz
Isagogically, Voelz emphasizes that because a literary approach to the Gospel of Mark takes seriously the story of the narrative as a whole, interpreters ought…
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LUTHER’S WORKS, Volume 75, Church Post Edited by Benjamin G. Mayes and James Langebartels
Roth reproduced Luther accurately when he had a work by Luther in front of him, but he felt free to include other material in his…
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BEFORE NATURE: A Christian Spiritual Paul Santmire
Throughout the book Santmire ties his and the reader’s spiritual journey together with what he calls the “the Trinity Prayer.”
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BLOOD AND LIFE: Sermons on the Old Testament By Michael Kasting
Kasting’s sermons do more than delight—they are “the power of God for our salvation.” I sometimes quip to my homiletics students, “Anyone can write an…
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WHY PRIESTS?: A Failed Tradition By Garry Wills
Though he does not include a bibliography, the breadth of his reading and frequent quotation of respected authors is impressive. Short chapters and Wills’s crisp…
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GOD’S TIMELINE: An Introduction to Theology for Laypeople By Rick Meyer
In God’s Timeline: An Introduction to Theology for Laypeople, Rick Meyer seeks to engage the reader in a theological journey that spreads across the whole…
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THE SCANDAL OF HAVING SOMETHING TO SAY: Ricoeur and the Possibility of Postliberal Preach-ing By Lance Pape
Pape likens the cyclical nature of mimesis to be a spring, building on Ricoeur’s notion of mimesis gaining “altitude” with each cycle.