Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Remember When... Lutherans Read Lutheran Authors?

Remember when virtually all of our pastors read these books...



...instead of these books?



Fortunately, we're slowly moving back to our confessional heritage, and Concordia Publishing House is helping to lead the charge with books like these:






6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Having read "Direct Hit" and "PDL", I can honestly say that they are full of actual and potential harm. They are dangerous to your spiritual life and eternal welfare.

Joe Strieter

Anonymous said...

We're slowly moving back to our confessional heritage?

I do wonder what influence CPH has on other Lutheran bodies (NALC, LCMC, various micro-Synods, etc). Will they learn how to think more like C.F.W. Walther?

Anonymous said...

Moving back to our confessional heritage implies that increasing numbers of Lutheran (and non-Lutheran!) pastors and laymen are buying and reading publications from CPH.

Is this the case? (I hope so.)

Steve Bricker said...

Over the last five years, I have read the top row of books plus Two Natures in Christ and Loci Communes, and I'm not even Lutheran—yet.

Scott Diekmann said...

That's awesome Steve. You're way ahead of most Lutherans!

Carl Vehse said...

Here are some books from C.F.W. Walther that Lutheran pastors and laity should be reading.

And another Lutheran book Missouri Synod Lutherans should read, either in the original German, or the 1975 English translation by Rudolph Fiehler (don't hold your breath for the CPH edition).