Lutheran Book Review

      This post will mark the last entry in QBR 5.3 , Apostles' Tide, and the opening entry in Angels' Tide, QBR 5.4   Interested in the full-size 2011 Church Year Calendar from CPH? Click below: http://www.cph.org/p-12327-2011-church-year-calendar-pack-of-5.aspx   (And look forward to the new 2012 CPH Church Year Calendar) View article...

Webber, Robert E. Foreward by David Neff. Common Roots: The Original Call to an Ancient-Future Worship. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1978, 2009. 286 Pages. Paper. $18.99. http://www.zondervan.com/    http://www.ancientfutureworship.com/ (LHP) Webber, Robert E . Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism fro a Postmodern World. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999. 240 Pages. Paper. $22.00. http://www.bakerbooks.com/ http://www.ancientfutureworship.com/ (LHP) Webber, Robert E. Ancient-Future Evangelism: Making Your Church a Faith-Forming Community.   Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003. 219 Pages. Paper. $14.99. http://www.bakerbooks.com/ http://www.ancientfutureworship.com/ (LHP) Webber, Robert E. Ancient-Future Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2004. 201 Pages. Paper. $18.00. http://www.bakerbooks.com/ http://www.ancientfutureworship.com/ (L) Webber, Robert E. Foreword by John D. Witvliet. Ancient-Future Worship: Proclaiming and Enac

Peperkorn, Todd A. I Trust When Dark My Road: A Lutheran View of Depression. St. Louis: LCMS World Relief and Human Care, 2009. 102 Pages. Paper. (Free pdf download.Paper copy free for the cost of shipping.) www.lcms.org/worldrelief (LHP) Peperkorn, Todd A. I Trust When Dark My Road: A Lutheran View of Depression. Roanoke, IL: Lutheran Catechetical Society, 2010. Video DVD. ($20.00 + $5.00 shipping)  www.thelcs.org (LHP) Mental illness still faces a stigma.  What if you are a Christian? Will people around you misunderstand? Will even family members misinterpret emotions and behaviors as a crisis of faith? (cf. p. 5) What if you are a pastor? Can you imagine how depression would impact a life, a family, a ministry, a congregation? Luther knew this struggle. So did C. F. W. Walther (2). The Rev. Todd Peperkorn [then pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church, Kenosha, WI] and author of “I Trust When Dark My Road -  A Lutheran View of Depression” leads his audience on

Townend, Stuart. The Journey . Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK: Kingsway Music, 2011. Audio mp3 download. (CD also available.) $8.99.   http://www.kingsway.co.uk/   http://blog.stuarttownend.co.uk/2011/05/new-album.html   (H) Church bells call listeners to worship at the beginning of Stuart Townend's latest release, The Journey . Orchestration and energy are very similar to his previous studio album, Creation Sings.  Much of the content of the album will be new to Townend's listeners. These recordings are of more recently-written hymns, many co-written by Keith Getty. One of the (few) drawbacks of a pre-release digital copy is that I don't have all of the liner notes at my disposal. That said, I'll probably buy a traditional CD version of this album to have all of those details for my own edification. I thought the juxtaposition of church bells on track one and traditional acoustic instruments on track two to be rather striking. "O My Soul" con

Gilmore, Rachel. 'Tis the Season: Church Celebrations for Advent and Christmas. Valley Forge: Judson Press, 2011. 110 Pages. Paper. $14.99. www.judsonpress.com (L) Bray, Gerald L., Editor. General Editor Timothy George. Associate General Editor Scott M. Manetsch. Galatians, Ephesians (Reformation Commentary on Scripture, New Testament X). Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2011. 446 Pages. Cloth. $50.00. academic.ivpress.com (P)

  Geiger, Erika. Translated by Wolf Knappe. The Life, Work, and Influence of Wilhelm Loehe 1808-1872. St. Louis: Concordia, 2010. 273 Pages. Paper. $39.99. www.cph.org/peerreview (LHP) Loehe, Wilhelm. Translated by H. A. Weller and Benjamin T. G. Mayes. Introduction by Henry Eyster Jacobs. Seed-Grains of Prayer: A Manual for Evangelical Christians. Kansas City: Emmanuel Press, 2010. 213 Pages. Paper. $20.00. http://emmanuelpress.us/our-books/seed-grains-of-prayer/ (L) Johann Konrad Wilhelm Loehe is a forgotten founding father of the church body now known as The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod. Sometimes Pastor Loehe is intentionally forgotten. That is unfortunate.  Loehe was a churchman, a scholar, a liturgiologist and liturgist, a confessional Lutheran, and a pastor concerned about both the mission and mercy of the Lutheran Church.  Today's review features two books, one about and the other by Wilhelm Loehe. Loehe biographies are hard to

      The 12 Biggest Lies: Can Facts, Logic and Truth Stand Up to Them? St. Catherines, ON, Canada: Cloud Ten Pictures, 2010. Video DVD. $19.98. www.cloudtenpictures.com (LHPN)   Dragons or Dinosaurs? Creation or Evolution? St. Catherines, ON, Canada: Cloud Ten Pictures, 2010. Video DVD. $19.98. www.cloudtenpictures.com (LHPN)   Isaacs, Darek. Dragons or Dinosaurs? Creation or Evolution? Aluacha, FL: Bridge-Logos, 2010. 216 Pages. Paper. $14.99.  bridgelogos.com (LHPN)     Two videos from Cloud Ten Pictures and a companion book receive our attention in the following review.     I was very interested to receive an advance copy of the Dragons or Dinosaurs? DVD. Cloud Ten Picture's customer service was very helpful in replacing a disc that didn't play all the way through. I had offered a more private critique at that time, hoping that adjustments would be made in the final video. No content changes were made, unfortunately.   The biggest drawback to an otherwise interesting, in

Fitzpatrick, Elyse M. and Jessica Thompson. Foreword by Tullian Tchividjian. Give them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus. Wheaton: Crossway, 2011. 213 Pages. Paper. $14.99. www.crossway.org (P)       I read about a book a day. Memoirs take longer. On a recent vacation, I got through seven over two days.  When it comes to writing book reviews, they have a similar pace, only they take a lot longer. With some books I know exactly what I'd like to say right away. Other reviews get delayed due to pastoral or school-related emergencies. And then there are books where I know what I need to say but often struggle with finding the words to express my frustration or delight. Give them Grace was one of the latter kinds of books. I liked it, but have wrestled with the right language to express my joy in finding a book on parenting that recognizes the role of the law, yet allows the Gospel to predominate. I've been reading Tullian Tchividjian'