Lutheran Book Review

ESV Pastor's Bible. Wheaton: Crossway, 2016. 1328 Pages. Cloth. $39.99. https://www.crossway.org/bibles/esv-pastors-bible-cob/

Baudler, Kristian. Martin Luther's Priesthood of All Believers: In an Age of Modern Myth. New York: Oxen Press, 2016. 352 Pages. Paper. $15.00. https://www.stlukesbayshore.org/   https://www.amazon.com/Martin-Luthers-PRIESTHOOD-ALL-BELIEVERS/dp/1537547372

Anderson, Fred. R. Singing God's Psalms: Metrical Psalms and Reflections for Each Sunday in the Church Year. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016. 259 Pages. Paper. $24.00. www.eerdmans.com (UN)

Keating, Ray. Wine Into Water (A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel) . Manorville, NY: Keating Reports, 2016. 277 Pages. Paper. $16.99. www.pastorstephengrant.blogspot.com

Bramwell, Tyrel. The Gift and the Defender (Lumen Legends Series, Book I) . Grail Quest Books, 2016. Kindle eARC received. https://moragunfighter.com/writing/my-book/ (cf. http://lhpqbr.blogspot.com/2011/12/lhp-review-personal-projects.html ) Back in 2011, we saw an early version of this novel. In part, we said:  T. Emmett Bramwell merges our world and a fantasy realm together in The Gift and the Defender, the first volume in a planned series. Michaelis, a young peasant, answers the call to arms in the stead of his dead father only to find that he is in the midst of the bleakest, bloodiest war his people have ever known. The Lumen Kingdom needs a hero, someone to unite them and lead them to victory. Can Michaelis be this man? Can he muster the courage to deliver the Lumen Kingdom from the brink of total annihilation? Ill-practiced traditions, time, nature, and a ruthless enemy hell-bent on eradication stand in his way. Afraid of becoming a nobody, Adam Mal...

Bramwell, Tyrel. The Gift and the Defender (Lumen Legends Series, Book I) . Grail Quest Books, 2016. Kindle eARC received. https://moragunfighter.com/writing/my-book/ (cf. http://lhpqbr.blogspot.com/2011/12/lhp-review-personal-projects.html ) Jerome. Michael Graves, Translator. Edited by Christopher A.Hall. Thomas C. Oden and Gerald L. Bray, Series Editors. Commentary on Jeremiah (Ancient Christian Texts) . Downers Grove: IVP Academic/InterVarsity Press, 2011. 232 Pages. Cloth. $60.00/$42.00 on sale.  http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=2910 Jerome. Edited by Thomas P. Scheck. Thomas C. Oden and Gerald L. Bray, Series Editors.  Commentaries on the Twelve Prophets, Volume 1 (Ancient Christian Texts) . Downers Grove: IVP Academic/InterVarsity Press, 2016. 310 Pages. Cloth. $60.00/$42.00 on sale. http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=2916

Middendorf, Michael P. Romans 9-16 (Concordia Commentary). St. Louis: Concordia, 2016. 836 Pages. Cloth. $54.99. https://www.cph.org/p-29657-romans-9-16-concordia-commentary.aspx Lessing, Reed. Isaiah 56-66 (Concordia Commentary). St. Louis, Concordia, 2014. 600 Pages. Cloth. $54.99. https://www.cph.org/p-24729-isaiah-5666-concordia-commentary.aspx   Two volumes of Concordia Commentary greet us today. Back in 2012, we reviewed this author's commentary on Isaiah 40-55. http://lhplbr.blogspot.com/2012/07/pulpit-review-isaiah.html Isaiah 56–66 is the culmination of the prophet’s message condemning humanity’s sin and promising the Suffering Servant, who atones for that sin, rises in majesty, and prepares an eternal city, the new Jerusalem, for all the redeemed. Among its well-known oracles are “arise, shine, because your light is coming” (60:1); “the Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is upon me” (61:1); and “behold, I am about to create new heavens and a new earth...