Lutheran Book Review

Nichols, Stephen J. Bonhoeffer on the Christian Life: From the Cross, For the World. Wheaton: Crossway, 2013. 206 Pages. Paper. $17.99. http://www.crossway.org/books/bonhoeffer-on-the-christian-life-tpb/ (LHP)

Bennett, Robert H. I Am Not Afraid: Demon Possession and Spiritual Warfare: True Accounts from the Lutheran Church of Madagascar. St. Louis: Concordia, 2013. 216 Pages. Paper. $24.99. https://www.cph.org/p-22685-i-am-not-afraid-demon-possession-and-spiritual-warfare.aspx (LHP)

Simpson, Clare. Illustrated by Kay Harker. Why Do We Have to Be So Quiet in Church? And 12 Other Questions Kids Have About God . Orleans, MA: Paraclete Press, 2013. 32 Pages. Cloth. $14.99. www.paracletepress.com (LHPN) Potente, E. J. and David Zersen. Shaping Worship Space: How Christians Shelter and Adorn their Liturgies: A Congregational Planning Guide. Austin: Concordia University Press, 2008. 100 Pages. Paper. $14.99. https://www.cph.org/p-1253-shaping-worship-space-how-christians-shelter-and-adorn-their-liturgy.aspx (LHP) Preus, Klemet I. What  They Need to Hear: Sharing Christ with Family and Friends. St. Louis: Concordia, 2013. 204 Pages. Paper. $15.99. https://www.cph.org/p-22275-what-they-need-to-hear.aspx (P) Middendorf, Michael P. Romans 1-8 (Concordia Commentary). St. Louis: Concordia, 2013. 802 Pages. Cloth. $49.99. https://www.cph.org/p-7380-romans-1-8-volume-1-concordia-commentary.aspx (P)

Pentecost: Closing Issue 7.2 and Opening Issue 7.3 This post will mark the last entry in QBR 7.2 , Eastertide, and the opening entry in Apostles' Tide, QBR 7.3

Henderson, Mark David. Soul of Atlas: Ayn Rand, Christianity, A Quest for Common Ground. Reason Publishing, 2013. 250 Pages. Paper. $18.99. http://www.reasonpublishing.com http://soulofatlas.com (LHPN)

Quick Summaries are pithy paragraph-long reviews of releases that cross our QBR 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. Dykas, Ellen, editor. Harvest USA. Sexual Sanity for Women: Healing from Sexual and Relational Brokenness. Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2012. 199 Pages. $17.99. www.newgro wthpress.com (LHP) + Intended more for a guided group study than an individual reflecting on her own, Sexual Sanity for Women is a resource from Harvest USA for women struggling with sexual identity, co-dependency, and sexual sin. Wisdom from God's Word is the main focus, yet author Ellen Dykas shares common sense (that isn't always common) and some guidance from sociology and psychology. So many resources about sexual sin focus on men. Women struggle with sexual sin and temptation, too. I've learned over the years that "Boys are gross and girls are com...

Bartelt, Andrew H. and Andrew E. Steinmann. Fundamental Biblical Hebrew/Fundamental Biblical Aramaic. St. Louis: Concordia, 2012 (2000, 2004). 378 Pages. Cloth. $62.99. https://www.cph.org/p-2918-fundamental-biblical-hebrew-and-aramaic.aspx (P) Bartelt, Andrew H. and Andrew E. Steinmann. Workbook and Supplementary Exercises for Fundamental Biblical Hebrew and Fundamental Biblical Aramaic. St. Louis: Concordia, 2004 (2000, 2003). 294 Pages. Spiral. $24.99. https://www.cph.org/p-2921-fundamental-biblical-hebrew-and-aramaic-workbook.aspx (P)   Simonetti, Manlio and Marco Conti, editors. Thomas C. Oden, General Editor. Job (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, Old Testament VI). Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2006. 253 Pages. Cloth. $40.00. http://www.ivpress.com/ (P)  Ferreiro, Alberto, editor. Thomas C. Oden, General Editor. The Twelve Prophets (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, Old Testament XIV). Downers Grove: InterVarsity Pre...