Lutheran Book Review

Veith, Gene Edward, Jr. Post Christian: A Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture. Wheaton: Crossway, 2020. 320 Pages. Paper. $24.99. https://www.crossway.org/books/post-christian-tpb/ Packer, J. I., Joel Scandrett, and Anglican Church in North America, Editors. To Be a Christian: An Anglican Catechism (Approved Edition) . Wheaton: Crossway, 2020. 160 Pages. Cloth. $29.99 https://www.crossway.org/books/to-be-a-christian-hconly/ Eggert, Arthur. Simply Lutheran: A Practical Guide to Lutheran Teachings. Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 2020. 313 Pages. Paper. $20.99. https://online.nph.net/simply-lutheran.html Keating, Ray. The Traitor: A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel. Long Island: Keating Reports, 2019. 143 Pages. Paper. Kindle Available. $12.99. (Also available in a bundle at author site) https://raykeatingonline.com/products Keating, Ray. Free Trade Rocks: 10 Points on International Trade Everyone Should Know. Long Island: Keating Reports, 2019. 90 Pages. Pap

It is a challenge to convey theological truth and faithful practice in fiction. The Rev. Tyrel Bramwell does so with theological deftness, pastoral winsomeness, and confessional faithfulness with regard to the challenging topic of Closed Communion. Engaging, humorous, and authentic, Come in, We Are Closed is the helpful tool laypeople and pastors have been praying for to reach those used to Open Communion. This book creatively and conversationally expands the limited number of Bible texts used to explain this faithful biblical practice within a fuller Lutheran confession of a Christian worldview and additional teaching on many other aspects of the Sacrament of the Altar. Come in, We Are Closed deals with Jesus’ own words and how many react to them with unbelief instead of faith.