Lutheran Book Review

Crisler, Channing L. and Robert L. Plummer, Editors. Foreword by D. A. Carson. Always Reforming: Reflections on Martin Luther & Biblical Studies  (Studies in Historical & Systematic Theology) . Ashland, OH: Lexham Press, 2021. 174 Pages. Paper. $29.99.  https://lexhampress.com/ Allen, Michael and Jonathan A. Linebaugh, Editors. Reformation Readings of Paul: Explorations in History and Exegesis (Companion book to Reformation Commentary on Scripture). Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2020. 280 Pages. Paper. $30.00  https://www.ivpress.com/reformation-readings-of-paul Maag, Karin.   Worshiping with the Reformers (Companion book to Reformation Commentary on Scripture).   Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2021. 248 Pages. Paper. $24.00.   https://www.ivpress.com/worshiping-with-the-reformers A Lexham title joins two by IVP Academic in this review. As of this review's original draft there were 27 volumes in print or pending for the Lexham Studies in Historical and Systematic Theology. Tha

  Breimaier, Thomas. Foreword by Timothy Larsen.  Tethered to the Cross: The Life and Preaching of C. H. Spurgeon.  Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2020. 282 Pages. Cloth. $35.00.  https://www.ivpress.com/tethered-to-the-cross Bray, Samuel L., and Drew N. Keane, Editors.  1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition.  Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2021. 832 Pages. Cloth. $28.00. https://www.ivpress.com/the-1662-book-of-common-prayer Today's review is of a pair of titles cover prayer and preaching.  As a student of classical rhetoric, I've been puzzled by C. H. Spurgeon.  My study has included a look through his sermons, his commentary on the Psalms, and also a study Bible filled with Spurgeon notes.  The question remains:  Why is Charles Spurgeon called the Prince of Preachers? "Tethered to the cross" is how the renowned nineteenth-century English Baptist minister Charles H. Spurgeon (1834–1892) described the task of ministry and his approach to preaching. For nearly

Keating, Ray.  Past Lives: A Pastor Stephen Grant Short Story, From the pages of Pastor Stephen Grant's Journal.   Long Island: Keating Reports,  2021. 67  Pages. Paper. Kindle Available. $9.99. (Also available signed and in bundles at author site)   https://raykeatingonline.com/products Keating, Ray. What's Lost?  A Pastor Stephen Grant Short Story, From the pages of Pastor Stephen Grant's Journal.   Long Island: Keating Reports,  2021. 91  Pages. Paper. Kindle Available. $9.99. (Also available signed and in bundles at author site)   https://raykeatingonline.com/products Giertz, Bo. Translated by Bror Erickson.  Faith Alone: The Heart of Everything.  Irvine: 1517 Publishing: 2020. 271 Pages. Paper. $14.95.  https://www.amazon.com/Faith-Alone-Everything-Bo-Giertz/dp/1948969351 I can read a reference book in about the same time as a theological tome. Non-fiction is laid out logically, whether topically or chronologically.  Fiction takes me much longer to digest. Much longer.

Johnston, Thomas P., Editor.  A History of Evangelism in North America. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2021. 345 Pages. Paper. $23.99.  https://www.kregel.com/church-history/a-history-of-evangelism-in-north-america/ Massey, John D, Mike Morris, and W. Madison Grace II, Editors.  Make Disciples of All Nations: A History of Southern Baptist International Missions.  Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2021. 398 Pages. Paper. $22.99.  https://www.kregel.com/church-history/make-disciples-of-all-nations/ Williams, Khalia J. and Mark A. Lamport, Editors. Introductions by N. T. Wright and Nicholas Wolterstorff.   Theological Foundations of Worship: Biblical, Systematic, and Practical Perspectives.  Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2021. 290 Pages. Paper. $29.99.  http://www.bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/theological-foundations-of-worship/401980 One of the realities of the publishing and reviewing world is that some titles are requested by journals for review because an editor believes they would be o