Conrad A. Braaten

Charging Interest

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Who would have thought that Martin Luther, champion of the gospel of God's grace in Jesus Christ, would also be the prophetic voice of his time preaching vociferously against the idolatry of financial and market systems that exploit people and are destructive of the common good of society? What a gift for clergy and lay alike that Michael Grzonka has brought this "forgotten Luther" to the table not only in his excellent translation of Luther's "Exhortation to the Clergy to Preach against Exploitation," but in his contextual preface and the insightful Foreword by Carter Lindberg. Wrestling with this material will be a joy for many and difficult for others, for within it you will find Luther himself challenging any complacency of discipleship and tepidness of witness within the cultural Christianity of our own time. In this study of Luther you will find grace informing social responsibility, faith active in love.</”

Walking the Stations

Discipleship & Christian Education

“So many are asking the question famously posed by Dietrich Bonhoeffer: “Who is Christ, actually?” In such times Spirit draws us to hear the testimony of the Gospels anew as it brings life and meaning to our contemporary lives. Donald Heinz offers us in Walking the Stations a practical and transformative way of entering the first century to walk in the footsteps of Jesus and contemplate the relevance of his life and ministry for our own.”