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Title: The Hammer of God by Bo Giertz, Clifford A. Nelson ISBN: 0-8066-1310-6 Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Pub. Date: February, 1973 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.92 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Must Reading for every Pastor (Laymen, too)
Comment: "Hammer of God" is a touching portrayal of the lives of three new pastors coming to terms with how orthodox, Biblical faith can anchor us securely in Christ when rationalism and pietism finally reach their dead ends. In an age where so many fads and philosophies for "growing the church" vie for a pastor's attention and allegiance, "Hammer of God" helps us to come to grips with our calling and our duty to God and His people to bring them the historic, fundamental truths of Christ and His Word. I have read this book a number of times and am always refreshed and renewed again in my desire to be a faithful pastor in Christ's Church.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Stories of Three Pastors
Comment: "Hammer of God" is set in Sweden, when the Swedish Lutheran Church was struggling for its identity. There were many who felt that the "rigid/dead orthodoxy" no longer served a purpose in people's lives. Naturally, nature abhors a vacuum. In place of orthodoxy came two schools of thought: rationalism (scientific thought) and pietism. This masterful volume follows three recent seminary graduates serving their first parishes. Obviously, their mentors are of the "dead orthodoxy" bent. The young pastors feel that the people should be more scientific or live more perfect lives. Needless to say, the new approaches do not work out. Touching is the old soldier, in the throes of senility, barking out fighting orders and using profanity. The young pastor soon realizes that it is by God's grace that we are saved, not in building a better life to become more perfect. This book was required reading at a small Lutheran seminary I attended in Mankato, MN (as was Walther's "The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel."). I will forever be indebted to the professor who required us to read this book. It was very enlightening and graphically displayed Christian faith in action in everyday life.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent presentation of basic doctrines
Comment: I highly recommend this book to any Christian! It hits many relevant issues for modern congregations as well as reflects the culture of the periods it is set in. It displays God's grace as coming to one head, Jesus Christ and does so in a 3 entertaining and thoughtful stories.
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Title: On Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther's Heidelberg Disputation, 1518 by Gerhard O. Forde ISBN: 080284345X Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Spirituality of the Cross: The Way of the First Evangelicals by Gene Edward, Jr. Veith ISBN: 0570053218 Publisher: Concordia Publishing House Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Dying to Live: The Power of Forgiveness by Harold L. Senkbeil ISBN: 0570046440 Publisher: Concordia Publishing House Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel by Carl F. Walther, W. H. Dau ISBN: 0570032482 Publisher: Concordia Publishing House Pub. Date: October, 1986 List Price(USD): $23.99 |
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Title: God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life (Focal Point Series) by Gene Edward, Jr. Veith ISBN: 1581344031 Publisher: Crossway Books Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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