Lutheran Book Review

Tate, Paul A. Seasons of Grace, Volume 8. Chicago: GIA, 2015. Sheet music: $21.95. Audio CD: $16.95.  https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/seasons-of-gracevolume-8-recording-cd1074 Fisher, Bobby. Guitar Prayer: Arrangements of Familiar Hymns and Songs for Solo Guitar and C Instrument. Chicago: GIA, 2005. Spiral book with CD $29.95. C Instrument Part $15.00.  https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/guitar-prayer-print-g6645 Koehler, J. P., August Pieper, and John Schaller. Curtis A. Jahn, Compiling Editor. The Wauwatosa Theology Volume 4. Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 2022. 502 Pages. Cloth. $51.99. (Discounted copy provided for review)  https://online.nph.net/the-wauwatosa-theology-volume-iv.html Thoma, Christopher I. Feeding the Lambs: A Worship Primer for Teachers of Children, Fifth Edition . Angels' Portion Books, 2019. Paperback. $12.99.  www.angelsportion.com     www.cruciformstuff.com   Josephus. Translated by William Whiston. Commentary by Paul L Maier. The

Keating, Ray. The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Long Island: Keating Reports, 2022. 158 Pages. Paper. Kindle Available. $16.99. (Also available signed and in bundles at author site) https://raykeatingonline.com/products/weeklyeconomist Keating, Ray.  The Lutheran Planner: The To Do List Solution (Get things done while being encouraged, inspired, and consoled each day).   Long Island: Keating Reports, 2022. Spiral. 467 Pages. $36.99.    https://raykeatingonline.com/products/lutheranplanner Here are two titles by Ray Keating for your 2023! The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist   If you don’t have a degree in economics, how do you figure out what actually makes economic sense and what doesn’t? Ray Keating, a leading economist on small business and entrepreneurship, offers help with a new book titled The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Whether via CNBC, CNN, FOX, websites, or

Tate, Paul A. Seasons of Grace, Volume 6. Chicago: GIA, 2015. Sheet music: $21.95. Audio CD: $16.95. https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/seasons-of-grace-volume-6-print-g8983 Tate, Paul A. Seasons of Grace, Volume 7. Chicago: GIA, 2017. Sheet music: $21.95. Audio CD: $16.95. https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/seasons-of-grace-volume-7-print-g9491 Miller, Mark A. Revolution of the Heart: Songs by Mark A. Miller. GIA Publications, 2022. 136 Pages. Spiral. $20.00. https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/mark-miller-collection-print-g10667 Batastini, Robert J. The People Sing: A Blueprint for Developing Vibrant Congregational Song. GIA Publications, 2022. 123 Pages. Paper. $10.95.  https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-people-sing-book-g10668

  Leithart, Peter J. Baptism: A Guide to Life from Death. Ashland, OH: Lexham Press, 2021. 140 Pages. Cloth. $15.99.  https://lexhampress.com/ Helmer, Christine. The Trinity and Martin Luther (Studies in Historical & Systematic Theology) . Ashland, OH: Lexham Press, 2017. 333 Pages. Paper. $24.99.  https://lexhampress.com/ Perry, Tim. Harold L. Senkbeil, General Editor.  Funerals for the Care of Souls (Lexham Ministry Guides).  Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press,  2021. 257  Pages. Cloth. $17.99.  https://lexhampress.com/ Meador, Nathan and Heath R. Curtis. Harold L. Senkbeil, General Editor.  Stewardship for the Care of Souls (Lexham Ministry Guides).  Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press,  2021. 118  Pages. Cloth. $19.99.  https://lexhampress.com/ Senkbeil, Harold L. and Lucas V. Woodford. Harold L. Senkbeil, General Editor.  Pastoral Leadership for the Care of Souls (Lexham Ministry Guides).  Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press,  2021. 179  Pages. Cloth. $17.99.  https://lexhampress.com/ This revie

The Lexham English Septuagint (Second Edition) . Bellingham, WA : Lexham Press, 2019. 1482 Pages. Cloth. $39.99.  https://lexhampress.com/ Duguid, Iain M., James M. Hamilton, Jr., and Jay Sklar, Editors. Contributions by August H. Konkel, David Reimer, Miles V. Van Pelt, and Mary Willson Hannah. E SV Expository Commentary (Volume II, Deuteronomy-Ruth).  Wheaton: Crossway,  2021. 743  Pages. Hardcover. $60.00.  https://www.crossway.org/books/esv-expository-commentary-premiumhc-4/ A library three times as large as the New Testament, the Hebrew Old Testament deserves as much attention as the New. Do our libraries reflect its importance? If your personal collection needs a boost, consider investing in the two volumes we review below. LXX anyone? I'll keep asking Lexham for a print edition of the Lexham English Bible until they agree to do so. In the meantime, consider what the publisher has to say about this English translation of the Greek Translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. A Fr

Quick Summaries are pithy paragraph-long reviews of releases that cross our desk. These are reviews for when you don't have all day to decide whether a resource is worth your time, money, storage space, or trouble. --     -      /     +     ++ Song, Felicia Wu. Restless Devices: Recovering Personhood, Presence, and Place in the Digital Age .  Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2021. 232 Pages. Paper. $24.00. https://www.ivpress.com/restless-devices Our review is below in the bold paragraph. Consider first this publicity blurb from IVP. We're being formed by our devices. Today's digital technologies are designed to captivate our attention and encroach on our boundaries, shaping how we relate to time and space, to ourselves and others, even to God. Our natural longing for relationship makes us vulnerable to the "industrializing" effects of social media. While we enjoy the benefits of digital tech, many of us feel troubled with its power and exhausted by its demands for p

  Millar, Mark A. Revolution of the Heart: Songs by Mark A. Miller. GIA Publications, 2022. 136 Pages. Spiral. $20.00. https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/mark-miller-collection-print-g10667

  Lee, Jason K. and William M. Marsh, editors. Timothy George, General Editor. Scott M. Manetsch, Associate General Editor. Matthew (Reformation Commentary on Scripture, New Testament Volume I). Downers Grove: IVP Academic,  2021. 560  Pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. $60.00.  https://www.ivpress.com/matthew-rcs Duguid, Iain M., James M. Hamilton, Jr., and Jay Sklar, Editors. Contributions by Daniel M. Doriani, Hans F. Bayer, and Thomas R. Schreiner.  ESV Expository Commentary (Volume VIII, Matthew-Luke).  Wheaton: Crossway,  2021. 1156  Pages. Hardcover. $65.00.  https://www.crossway.org/books/esv-expository-commentary-premiumhc-2/ Beitzel, Barry J., Editor. Lexham Geographic Commentary on the Gospels. Bellingham, WA : Lexham Press, 2016, 2017. 583 Pages. Cloth. $39.99.  https://lexhampress.com/ Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. This review's books focus on various aspects of those four Gospel accounts. First, Matthew: The Gospel according to St. Matthew was a special focus of mine