Lutheran Book Review

Anderson, Fred. R. Singing God's Psalms: Metrical Psalms and Reflections for Each Sunday in the Church Year. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016. 259 Pages. Paper. $24.00. www.eerdmans.com (UN)

Keating, Ray. Wine Into Water (A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel) . Manorville, NY: Keating Reports, 2016. 277 Pages. Paper. $16.99. www.pastorstephengrant.blogspot.com

Bramwell, Tyrel. The Gift and the Defender (Lumen Legends Series, Book I) . Grail Quest Books, 2016. Kindle eARC received. https://moragunfighter.com/writing/my-book/ (cf. http://lhpqbr.blogspot.com/2011/12/lhp-review-personal-projects.html ) Back in 2011, we saw an early version of this novel. In part, we said:  T. Emmett Bramwell merges our world and a fantasy realm together in The Gift and the Defender, the first volume in a planned series. Michaelis, a young peasant, answers the call to arms in the stead of his dead father only to find that he is in the midst of the bleakest, bloodiest war his people have ever known. The Lumen Kingdom needs a hero, someone to unite them and lead them to victory. Can Michaelis be this man? Can he muster the courage to deliver the Lumen Kingdom from the brink of total annihilation? Ill-practiced traditions, time, nature, and a ruthless enemy hell-bent on eradication stand in his way. Afraid of becoming a nobody, Adam Mal...

Bramwell, Tyrel. The Gift and the Defender (Lumen Legends Series, Book I) . Grail Quest Books, 2016. Kindle eARC received. https://moragunfighter.com/writing/my-book/ (cf. http://lhpqbr.blogspot.com/2011/12/lhp-review-personal-projects.html ) Jerome. Michael Graves, Translator. Edited by Christopher A.Hall. Thomas C. Oden and Gerald L. Bray, Series Editors. Commentary on Jeremiah (Ancient Christian Texts) . Downers Grove: IVP Academic/InterVarsity Press, 2011. 232 Pages. Cloth. $60.00/$42.00 on sale.  http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=2910 Jerome. Edited by Thomas P. Scheck. Thomas C. Oden and Gerald L. Bray, Series Editors.  Commentaries on the Twelve Prophets, Volume 1 (Ancient Christian Texts) . Downers Grove: IVP Academic/InterVarsity Press, 2016. 310 Pages. Cloth. $60.00/$42.00 on sale. http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=2916

Middendorf, Michael P. Romans 9-16 (Concordia Commentary). St. Louis: Concordia, 2016. 836 Pages. Cloth. $54.99. https://www.cph.org/p-29657-romans-9-16-concordia-commentary.aspx Lessing, Reed. Isaiah 56-66 (Concordia Commentary). St. Louis, Concordia, 2014. 600 Pages. Cloth. $54.99. https://www.cph.org/p-24729-isaiah-5666-concordia-commentary.aspx   Two volumes of Concordia Commentary greet us today. Back in 2012, we reviewed this author's commentary on Isaiah 40-55. http://lhplbr.blogspot.com/2012/07/pulpit-review-isaiah.html Isaiah 56–66 is the culmination of the prophet’s message condemning humanity’s sin and promising the Suffering Servant, who atones for that sin, rises in majesty, and prepares an eternal city, the new Jerusalem, for all the redeemed. Among its well-known oracles are “arise, shine, because your light is coming” (60:1); “the Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is upon me” (61:1); and “behold, I am about to create new heavens and a new earth...

Luther, Martin. Edited by Timothy J. Wengert. The Annotated Luther, Volume 1: The Roots of Reform. Fortress: Minneapolis, 2015. 592 Pages. eARC. $39.00. http://fortresspress.com/annotatedluther Luther, Martin. Edited by Kirsi I. Stjerna. The Annotated Luther, Volume 2: Word and Faith. Fortress: Minneapolis, 2015. 528 Pages. eARC. $39.00. http://fortresspress.com/annotatedluther Birkholz, Mark W., Jacob Corzine, and Jonathan Mumme, Editors. Foreword by Jonathan Fisk. Feasting in a Famine of the Word: Lutheran Preaching in the Twenty-First Century. Eugene: Wipf and Stock/Pickwick, 2016. 299 Pages. Paper. $36.00. www.wipfandstock.com Masius, H. G. Translated and annotated by John Warwick Montgomery. A Defense of the Lutheran Faith: On the Eve of Modern Times. Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 2016. 214 Pages. Paper. (digital review copy received.) $18.99. http://online.nph.net/p-20188-a-defense-of-the-lutheran-faith.aspx (LBR) Kieker, James G. Martin Luther an...

Tate, Paul A. Seasons of Grace , Volume 1 . Chicago: GIA, 2004. Sheet music: $20.95. Audio CD: $16.95. www.giamusic.com Tate, Paul A. Seasons of Grace , Volume 2 . Chicago: GIA, 2006. Sheet music: $17.95. Audio CD: $16.95. www.giamusic.com Tate, Paul A. Seasons of Grace , Volume 3 . Chicago: GIA, 2009. Sheet music: $20.95. Audio CD: $16.95. www.giamusic.com Tate, Paul A. Seasons of Grace , Volume 4 . Chicago: GIA, 2011. Sheet music: $21.95. Audio CD: $16.95. www.giamusic.com Tate, Paul A. Seasons of Grace , Volume 6 . Chicago: GIA, 2015. Sheet music: $21.95. Audio CD: $16.95. www.giamusic.com Giomo, Carla. Hymn Intonations for Organ . Chicago: GIA, 2014. 16 Pages. Sheet Music. $15.00. www.giamusic.com De Silva, Chris. Colours . Chicago: GIA, 2016. Audio CD. $16.95. www.giamusic.com Back in 2014, we reviewed an unsolicited review copy of a CD of hymn arrangements for piano: + Paul A. Tate's Seasons of Grace, Volume 5 is a great resource f...

Naselli, Andrew David and J. D. Crowley. Conscience: What It Is, How to Train It, and Loving Those Who Differ. Wheaton: Crossway, 2016. 157 Pages. Paper. $15.99. Danker, Ryan Nicholas. Wesley and the Anglicans: Political Division in Early Evangelicalism. IVP Academic, 2016. 304 Pages. Paper. $26.00. https://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=5122 (UN) Köstenberger, Andreas, Thomas R. Schreiner, Editors. Women in the Church: An Interpretation and Application of 1 Timothy 2:9-15 (Third Edition). Wheaton: Crossway, 2016. 415 Pages. Paper. $30.00. https://www.crossway.org/books/women-in-the-church-tpb/ Cherry, Constance. The Music Architect: Blueprints for Engaging Worshipers in Song. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2016. 272 Pages. Paper. $22.99. www.bakeracademic.com (Unsolicited; also observed in CTSFW bookstore) Today's summaries are a little longer than usual but should be still quick enough for you to make an informed judgement about each resource. First, we discu...