Lutheran Book Review

Keating, Ray. The Realistic Optimist TO DO List & Calendar 2019 . Manorville, NY: Keating Reports, 2018. Paper. $19.99  http://www.pastorstephengrant.blogspot.com / https://smile.amazon.com/Realistic-Optimist-List-Calendar-2019/dp/1726842738 Designed for a need in his own life, The Realistic Optimist TO DO List & Calendar 2019 , is the latest release from author Ray Keating.  Get organized; make things happen; and get inspired throughout the year with "The Realistic Optimist TO DO List & Calendar 2019." It's a tool that makes sense for career, business, education, family, fun and pretty much everything else in life.     "The Realistic Optimist TO DO List & Calendar 2019" offers a simple, systematic combination of long run, weekly and daily TO DO lists that make a real difference in getting things done. For good measure, each page includes a quote from a leader or thinker that in some way reflects being a realistic optimi

Keating, Ray. Shifting Sands (A Pastor Stephen Grant Short Story). Manorville, NY: Keating Reports, 2018. 106 Pages. Paper. Kindle available.  http://www.pastorstephengrant.blogspot.com /  As I write this, our #7 Nebraska Cornhuskers are preparing to play the Oregon Ducks (later today) for a chance to be in the Final Four of the NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship. We usually watch the team all season on BTN or BTN+, helping us feel less homesick for family in Nebraska. Ray Keating's latest Pastor Stephen Grant adventure is a second short story, Shifting Sands. SHIFTING SANDS is the second page-turning short story by award-winning novelist Ray Keating, and the tenth thriller/mystery featuring Pastor Stephen Grant.     Beach volleyball is about fun, sun and sand. But when a big-time tournament arrives on a pier in New York City, danger and international intrigue are added to the mix. Stephen Grant, a former Navy SEAL, onetime CIA operative, and current p

Gilbert, Richard, F.C.A. The Nicene Creed According to the Scriptures . New Reformation Press. Trifold Pamphlet. www.newreformationpress.com Keith, Scott. Meeting Melanchthon: A Brief Biographical Sketch of Phillip Melanchthon and a Few Examples of His Writing .  New Reformation Press. 87 Pages. Paper. www.newreformationpress.com   www.1517legacy.com Giertz, Bo. Translated by Bror Erickson. Romans: A Devotional Commentary (Excerpted from the New Testament Devotional Commentaries Series) . New Reformation Press. 97 Pages. Paper. www.newreformationpress.com   www.1517legacy.com Locklair, Valerie. Called to Defend: An Apologetics Handbook for the Middle School Student . New Reformation Press. Cloth. 249 Pages. www.newreformationpress.com Controversy abounds online. We at LBR have little desire to wade into the weeds or unnecessarily offend. We have no desire to ignore what is going on, either. Allow me to provide some background. An endorsement or "like&qu