Robert Kolb

A Documentary History of Lutheranism

History & Biography

“Lund has captured the voices of the Lutheran tradition – and some of its critics and conversation partners – in succinct and telling citations that bring readers into the various currents and concerns that shaped the public life of Luther and his followers over the generations. With clear, helpful, and perceptive commentary, Lund’s introductions set the frame for readers to digest the sound bites and perspectives of leading figures in and around the Lutheran churches, giving readers a sense of an ecclesiastical culture that extends over five centuries and has moved around the world.”

A Theology of Religious Change

Theology

“Since the social sciences replaced philosophy as the major auxiliary branch of learning informing the theological task a half century ago, Christian thinkers have struggled with how to put these disciplines to use. Their focus on what it means to be human has concentrated much recent theological discussion on biblical anthropology. Using the classical Protestant question of the role of the human will and decision in conversion as a test case, Zehnder illumines effectively what social scientific research has contributed to our understanding of conversion to the faith, perceptively evaluating several approaches to such investigation, their presuppositions and potential. This book opens up vistas and agendas in our discussion of what and how social-scientific research can contribute to the explication and application of the biblical definition of our humanity. The book serves as a new marker in the larger debate regarding twenty-first century theological method.”

Atlas of the European Reformations

History & Biography

“Not only the ‘when’ but also the ‘where’ of past events brings our history into meaningful focus. This volume provides a running overview of the cauldrons of our heritage in the years leading to the Reformation, the sixteenth century itself, and elements of its impact on the seventeenth century, alongside clearly detailed maps. These maps make concrete the spaces in which the epoch-making unfolding of the Reformation took place. Scholars and beginners alike will gain a clearer understanding by placing the places of the Reformation into their geographical and chronological frameworks. A valuable tool for teaching and learning, formal and informal.”

Blues Music and Gospel Proclamation

History & Biography

“On my first visit to the German Democratic Republic nearly forty years ago, I heard of a daring young pastor named Theo Lehmann, whose use of blues and jazz in the service of proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ was provoking Communist officials and appealing to great numbers of German young people within the Marxist system. This sparklingly told narrative should command wide attention and careful reading--lest we forget.”

Called2B

Work, Money & Leadership

“Travis Guse’s framework for assessing vital elements of recently developed and developing methods used in contemporary coaching effectively enables readers to put into practice the methods and techniques of coaching using the underlying principles of the Christian faith. This volume will greatly benefit readers who are confronting critical questions in life and those who are called to assist others in the search for God’s will in their lives.”

Christ’s Church

Theology

“One of the most insightful thinkers in the rich tradition of Swedish theology, Bo Giertz drew deeply from the biblical roots of the church's understanding of itself out of the midst of his daily routine as parish pastor. Anchored in the incarnation, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, Bo Giertz's succinct but penetrating synthesis of biblical teaching on God's people assembled by the Holy Spirit rings true around the world seventy years after its composition. Giertz aids readers to embrace the catholic practice of the church and to bring the Gospel to those around us at the beginning of the twenty-first century.”

Christian Hope among Rivals

Theology

“Michael Zeigler ventures into the thickets of our everyday confrontations with a variety of forms of evil and of the various solutions offered by contemporary proposals for explaining our dilemmas. In this volume he demonstrates that an understanding of how we fit into the grand narrative of God’s and humankind’s unfolding history provides the only sure-footed hope—that which is found in Christ and his death and resurrection—for finding one’s way through the challenges of our age. This is a work of exciting theological experimentation and a valuable aid for daily life and for spiritual, pastoral care of self and others.”

Crisis of Confidence

Theology

“In this remarkable book, Carl Trueman addresses the crises that plague both church and culture in the light of historic confessional formulations of our faith in the triune God. He offers a prophetic and apostolic call to return to the creedal confession of Christ and the Creator’s design for human living, which provides new life and guidance for how to live out the faith in our modern world. This book is a valuable resource for believers as they think through their own lives and the life of Christ’s church. It will help them remain faithful to Scripture and our Christian heritage as well as witness to the Lord in the twenty-first century.”

Exodus 18

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“With precisely focused, detailed, and perceptive literary, exegetical, and theological analyses, Kumpeeroskul demonstrates the pivotal role of the narrative of Exodus 18, and especially the figure of Jethro, in interpreting the message of the book. This insightful study gives fresh perspectives on the construction, purpose, and method of Exodus and will stimulate much further thinking and discussion among exegetes, missiologists, and systematic theologians as well as clergy and laity engaged in serious Bible study.”

Experiencing Gospel

History & Biography

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Fruit for the Soul

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

Foreword

“The psalmists express the high delight and deep despair of believers in all times, for their songs translate easily into every time and place. The laments of the psalmists found particularly insightful interpretation and application in the lectures and preaching of Martin Luther. Ngien carries Luther’s use of these psalms effectively into the North American environment of today and provides readings of Luther that will be useful for personal meditation and as homiletical helps.”

Gift and Promise

Theology

“These twelve essays—three by Edward Schroeder and nine by his students—provide ample demonstration of how the Augsburg Confession remains a living basis for confessing the Christian faith in the twenty-first century. Many more will now be able to appreciate Schroeder's engagement with the Lutheran confessions and their expression of the gospel of Jesus Christ with their appeal for trust in Christ as Lord and Savior in the midst of change and challenge in our day. Gift and Promise reveals the fruitful dimensions and directions taken by those who studied with Schroeder and Robert Bertram and their efforts to translate the work of Werner Elert into the ever-changing North American context.”

God’s Timeline

Theology

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Hanging by a Promise

Theology

“Oswald Bayer has perceptively articulated major themes in the Lutheran tradition in the context of twentieth and twenty-first century theology, philosophy, and societal theories as perhaps no other figure of his generation. Miller's sharply-focused, finely-tuned analysis of how Bayer applies Luther's doctrine of justification within the framework of his concept of the 'Hidden God' provides readers with fresh perspectives and insightful analysis that further the application of Reformation theology to current pastoral and theological issues.”

Here We Stand

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

How the Reformation Began

History & Biography

“How the Reformation Began gives readers fresh insights into and in-depth contextual analysis of critical events and publications that brought Luther’s call for reform to the wider German and European Christian church and society. Nine recognized scholars illuminate effectively the various dimensions of Luther’s thinking. . . . The essays provide text from the key documents of these years with commentary, making it ideal for seminars and study groups of all kinds.”

Justification and the Gospel

Theology

“With a keen eye and deft hand Allen plunges into the ever-changing discussion of the biblical teaching on God’s justification of sinners, practicing a truly intersubdisciplinary examination that draws upon exegetical, historical, and dogmatic studies, addressing contemporary cultures and the life of the church with his insights. Agree or disagree, readers will be challenged to address ‘forensic’ and ‘participatory’ views of justification from perspectives gathered from Allen’s own Reformed tradition as well as from Luther and a variety of historic and contemporary Lutheran and Roman Catholic theologians. This volume will fire fresh exchanges regarding the nature of the gospel and the definition and application of God’s justifying action in Christ Jesus.”

Justification Is for Preaching

Theology

“Good preaching is dependent on good theology. Central to effective proclamation of the Christian faith is the proper understanding of God's fashioning of the relationship between himself and his human creatures. Thompson has assembled fourteen essays by eight leading Lutheran theologians from the US and Germany who give preachers a host of insights into how to deliver Scripture's central message of the restoration of sinners to a right relationship with God.”

Leadership Formation in the African Context

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Samuel Deressa’s studies in North America have prepared him well to provide bridges back to his native Ethiopia and other lands throughout the majority world. His appropriation of insights from contemporary Western thinking . . . will provoke fruitful thinking in all parts of the world as we search for ways to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to those outside the faith and to edify and encourage those of the faith.”

Literature of Luther

History & Biography

“Martin Luther's personality, ideas, and participation in dramatic events have attracted admiration, fascination, and antipathy over the centuries and offered literati of various perspectives a fertile field for their imaginations to re-create his image in new forms. These eleven conference essays explore the treatment and molding of his life and thought or compare his ideas with other thinkers or writers, reflecting a wide spectrum of approaches to aspects of Luther's life, illuminating how we shape historical figures in our own image.”