Lutheran Book Review

  Luther, Martin. Translated by Holger Sonntag. Edited and Arranged by Paul Strawn. A Christian Holy Peoples: From Martin Luther's On the Councils and the Church . Minneapolis: Lutheran Press, 2012. 114 Pages. Paper. $6.00.  www.lutheranpress.com (LHP)    Yee, Russell. Foreword by John D. Witvliet. Worship on the Way: Exploring Asian North American Christian Experience. Valley Forge: Judson Press, 2012. 234 Pages. Paper. (Advance Copy for Review Only: Releases April 30, 2012) $17.99. http://judsonpress.com/product.cfm?product_id=15863 (LHP)   Ham, Ken, Bodie Hodge, and Tim Chaffey, Editors. Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions, Volume 2: Exploring Forty Alleged Contradictions. Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2011. 169 Pages. Paper. $12.99. http://www.newleafpublishinggroup.com/product_info.php?filter_id=7&products_id=945&PHPSESSID=1ef9bd849d74a5e53b5b7ce556145652 (LHP)   Foster, Bill. Meet the Skeptic: A Field Guide to Fait...

Haykin, Michael A. G. Rediscovering the Church Fathers: Who They Were and How They Shaped the Church. Wheaton: Crossway, 2011 . 172 Pages. Paper. $16.99. www.crossway.org (LHP) Conti, Marco, Translator. Edited by Joel C. Elowsky. Gerald L. Bray and Thomas C. Oden, Series Editors. Theodore of Mopsuestia: Commentary on the Gospel of John (Ancient Christian Texts). Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2010. 172 Pages. Cloth. $60.00. http://www.ivpress.com/ (P) Hill, Robert C., Carmen S. Hardin, Translators. Edited by Michael Glerup. Gerald L. Bray and Thomas C. Oden, Series Editors. Severian of Gabala and Bede the Venerable: Commentaries on Genesis 1-3 (Ancient Christian Texts). Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2010. 162 Pages. Cloth. $60.00. http://www.ivpress.com/ (P) I am blessed to have a Heavenly Father in Christ Jesus, my earthly father, Lutheran fathers in the faith, and our common early Church Fathers.  These resources will introduce you to the early ...

Sunday School Publishing Board, National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc./GIA. Total Praise: Songs and Worship Resources for Every Generation. Nashville/Chicago: SSPB/GIA, 2011 . Cloth. $18.00. www.sspbnbc.com www.giamusic.com (LH) Abbington, James and Uzee Brown, Conductors. Atlanta Sings New Wine in Old Wineskins. Chicago: GIA, 2011. Audio 2-CD set. $25.95. www.giamusic.com (H) Our friends at GIA recently shared with us some of their recent publications. We offer our review of them together. A new hymnal is an important resource in the life of a church body, whether The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod or the National Baptist Convention. The LCMS introduced Lutheran Service Book in 2006. GIA and the NBC USA Sunday School Publishing Board introduced Total Praise in 2011. From humble beginnings in 1880 with only 151 delegates, and in spite of several major splits, the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. remains the ...

Musical Settings for Noonday and Compline. New York: Church Publishing, 2002. 31 Pages. Saddle stitched. $30 for 10 copies. www.churchpublishing.org (L) Glover, Raymond F., Editor. Hymnal 1982 Companion (Four Volumes: Volume One: Essays on Church Music; Volume Two Service Music and Biographies;  Volume Three A: Hymns 1 to 384; Volume Three B: Hymns 385 to 720). New York: Church Publishing, 1990, 1994, and 1994. 764, 749, and 1392 Pages. $210 for the set. www.churchpublishing.org (LH) Why is a liturgical Lutheran worship book review blog reveiwing a hymnal companion for a thirty-year-old Episcopal hymnal? It is still relevant. And useful. And it provides more "companion" information on hymns and canticles and liturgical music found in Lutheran hymnals than the official companions published to date for those hymnals. A case in point: Volume Two provides information on S 204 Canticle 6: Glory be to God Gloria in excelsis , more commonly known in LC...

Kellerman, James A. Translator. Edited by Thomas C. Oden. Gerald L. Bray and Thomas C. Oden, Series Editors. Incomplete Commentary on Matthew (Opus imperfectum) Volume 1 (Ancient Christian Texts). Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2010. 213 Pages. Cloth. $60.00. http://www.ivpress.com/ (P) Kelllerman, James A. Translator. Edited by Thomas C. Oden. Gerald L. Bray and Thomas C. Oden, Series Editors. Incomplete Commentary on Matthew (Opus imperfectum) Volume 2 (Ancient Christian Texts). Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2010. 228 Pages. Cloth. $60.00. http://www.ivpress.com/ (P) Gibbs, Jeffrey A. Matthew 11:2-20:34 (Concordia Commentary.) St. Louis: Concordia, 2010. 584 Pages. Cloth. $42.99. http://www.cph.org (LHP) Pastorally, I use the Gospel according to Matthew as the structure for my Adult Catechesis.  I preach using the Three-Year Lectionary. Matthew is a regular feature every three years. I am thankful for these volumes on Matthew by Concordia and...