Dr. Dr. habil. Bernd Wannenwetsch

Paragon of Excellence

Theology

“If 1 Peter is just as undeservedly underestimated an epistle in the Bible as Luther's sermons on it are within Reformation scholarship, then this book has much to offer to change that shortcoming: a masterful exposition on six major themes by a theologian deeply at home in Luther's theology and Luther scholarship, demonstrating the power and topicality of the Reformer's exegesis of 1 Peter in the light of perennial challenges that Christians face in faith, church, and domestic and civil life. Dennis Ngien admirably succeeds in showing how Luther's deep theological convictions regarding the primacy of grace over works, which his sermons on 1 Peter present in catechetical and orderly fashion, lead to a wellspring of pastoral wisdom that has much to offer to believers of our time.”