Lutheran Book Review

Clark, Lisa M. The Messengers: Discovered. St. Louis: Concordia, 2016. 346 Pages. Paper/Kindle. (pdf review copy received.) $12.99. http://www.cph.org/p-29552-the-messengers-discovered.aspx Flint, Eric, editor. Grantville Gazette VI (Ring of Fire) . Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2012. eARC. $6.96. http://www.baen.com/ (N) Flint, Eric, editor. Grantville Gazette VII (Ring of Fire) . Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2016. eARC. $9.99. http://www.baen.com/ (N) Offord, Kerryn and Rick Boatright. 1636: The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz (Ring of Fire). Baen, 2016. 528 Pages.  eARC review copy received. Paperback available.  h ttp://www.baen.com/ We now turn to fiction. All of our selections demand some suspension of disbelief. Our later titles take place in a 1630's Germany influenced by Americans (with knowledge and technology) transplanted from the year 2000. Our first title sends us into a dystopian near-future where the Church is underground and Bibles are virtually...

Ham, Ken. Ready for Reformation: The Foundations of Our Faith are Crumbling. Green Forest: Master Books, 2015. Three paperback books plus DVD. $39.99. www.masterbooks.com The set above includes the following: Ham, Ken and Britt Beemer with Todd Hillard. Already Gone: Why Your Kids Will Quit Church and What You Can Do to Stop It . Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2009.189 Pages. Paper. $12.99. http://www.answersingenesis.org http://www.nlpg.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=595  http://alreadygonebook.wordpress.com (LHP) Ham, Ken and Greg Hall with Britt Beemer. Already Compromised: Christian colleges took a test on the state of their faith and THE FINAL EXAM IS IN. Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2011. 240 Pages. Paper. $13.99. www.masterbooks.net   www.answersingenesis.org (LHP) Ham, Ken. With Jeff Kinley. Research by Britt Beemer. Ready to Return? The Need for a Fundamental Shift in Church Culture to Save a Generation. Green Forest, Master Books, 2015. 20...

Whether you've been reading our reviews for years or only have recently begun, thank you for visiting our site.  I've shared before that reviewing books comes after my other vocations (husband, pastor, headmaster, etc.). In addition, physical review copies seem to be drying up recently. Digital review copies are sometimes challenging to compare to print resources. We only have a few reviews left to write and post given my current inventory of review copies. With this post and the others published closely after, reviews may not be published as often. We plan to keep archives available. Pax Christi.

The Benedictine Monks of Conception Abbey. Ecumenical Grail Psalter. Chicago: GIA, 2015. 327 Pages. Paper. $12.95. www.giamusic.com     Schütz, Heinrich. The Passion According to St. John. Chicago: GIA, 1980.  60 Pages. Sheet music. $8.00. www.giamusic.com Batastini, Robert (Musical Adaptation). The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Chicago: GIA, 1999. 118 Pages. Cloth Folio. $45.00. www.giamusic.com Chemnitz, Martin and Jacob Andrae. Chemnitz’s Works, Volume 9 (Church Order) . St. Louis: Concordia, 2015. 297 Pages. Cloth. $54.99. https://www.cph.org/p-26462-chemnitzs-works-volume-9-church-order.aspx (LHP) Mayer, Jonathan, Illustrator. German text by Erdmann Neumeister. Translated by Robert E. Voelker. God's Own Child, I Gladly Say It. Sioux Falls: Kloria Publishing, 2016. 32 Pages. Hardcover. $12.00. http://www.kloria.com/books/childrens/gods-own-child/ The cross is the theology of the Christian church. Today, we present some hymn, psalm and litu...