Click Here to go to the Official Just & Sinner Kickstarter Page! Help fund Just & Sinner’s summer publishing push, and help new Just & Sinner editor Trent Demarest get relocated to Iowa! Just & Sinner Relaunch, Summer 2014 …first there was a blog; …then, a podcast; …now, a publishing house! The Coopers Pastor Jordan Cooper began his formal study of theology as an undergraduate at Geneva College. Coming as he did from a Reformed church background, Jordan was... Read more
By Rev. Richard P. Shields The WELS Translation Liaison Committee just posted their latest comments regarding the HCSB translation. (http://www.wels.net/about-wels/synod-reports/translation-liaison-committee/translation-liaison-committee) Overall, the work is solid and the committee is to be commended for its diligent work. For the most part I agree with everything they have noted. In a couple cases I will offer additional thoughts. I will not comment on the Plan of Salvation page because previously I have advocated that it not be included. If I don’t address... Read more
This book is a short and basic treatment of Christian doctrine. Stump wrote this book to be used in Sunday Schools and confirmation classes, and it serves well in new membership courses and other catechetical contexts. In this work, Stump overviews all the basics of Christian teaching including: God, the Trinity, the Bible, the Two Natures of Christ, Old Testament Prophecy, Justification, and Sanctification. Scripture is used extensively throughout this book to defend each point. Price: $10 Read more
By Rev. Dr. Curtis Leins, That is what my friends said as they looked for a church in their neighborhood. “It’s an epidemic! Poor theology, false theology, no theology: It is everywhere!” I asked my friends to explain what they were seeing. They said that at least three messages seemed to be in churches all around them: The “Win Souls” message. This is the church that only has one message. Every week there is a salvation message for the “unsaved,”... Read more
This is the class I taught on chapter two of Joseph Stump’s book BibleTeachings . This lesson covered providence and creation. Here is the lesson . Read more
On today’s program I was joined by Pastor Richard Shields who is the pastor of Shepherd of the Mountains Lutheran Church, and president of the American Lutheran Theological Seminary. We discussed Paul Washer’s book “Gospel Assurance and Warnings.” This led to an explanation of the broad and narrow definitions of Law and Gospel, the third use of the Law, assurance, and many other topics. Here is the program. Read more
C.F.W. Walther’s “The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel” is the Missouri Synod theologian’s greatest theological work. This book consists of a series of thirty-nine lectures that Dr. Walther gave his seminary students at the end of his life on one of the foundational elements of Lutheran thought. In twenty-five theses, Walther expounds upon the distinction between the Law as God’s demands upon his creatures, and the Gospel of God’s free grace in Christ. Each thesis is defended by extensive... Read more
“The Christian Faith” is Henry Eyster Jacobs’ magnum opus. It is a systematic theology of the Christian faith written in a catechetical format from a Confessional Lutheran perspective. The work is written in a series of questions and answers on various doctrinal topics. Throughout the work, Jacobs defends his views through use of Scripture and the Lutheran fathers. This text is readable enough to be studied by the layman but with enough depth to teach the learned pastor and scholar.... Read more
There is no doctrine which distinguishes Lutheranism from the vast world of Protestantism more than the teaching of the Lord’s Supper. The contention that Christ’s body and blood are in, with, and under the Eucharistic elements in central to Lutheran identity. In this work, Henry Immanuel Schmidt defends the historic Lutheran teaching on this subject against some who claimed the name Lutheran, but adopted a Reformed view of the Supper. He deals with topics such as: The words of institution,... Read more
Henry Eyster Jacobs was one of the greatest American Lutheran theologians of the 19th century. In this work, Jacobs summarizes the basics of Dogmatic Theology in the Lutheran tradition. Following the traditional Loci method, Jacobs discusses every major topic of Christian theology such as: The Doctrine of God, Christ, Salvation, the Means of Grace, and the Church. He treats these subjects in a Biblical and Confessional manner.With a lack of contemporary Dogmatics texts in English, Jacobs’ work serves as a... Read more
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