A new systematic of Luther's works across 7 volumes. This volume contains new translations of the following major works: 1. Auslegung und Deutung des heyligen vater unsers/ Interpretation of the Lord’s Prayer (1518) 2. Predigten über 1. Korinther 15 – Von der Auferstehung/ Sermons on 1 Corinthians 15 - On the Resurrection 3. Ein kleiner Unterricht, was man in den Evangelien suchen und erwarten solle/ A Little Lesson on What to Look for and Expect in the Gospels (1522) 4. Ein Sendbrief vom Dolmetschen/ A Letter on Interpretation (1530) 5. Predigt zu Lukas 15,1-10/ Sermon on Luke 15:1-10 (1533) 6. Der Grundgedanke des Briefes des Hl. Paulus an die Galater/ Commentary on St. Pauls' Epistle to the Galatians (1535) 7. Über das Studium der Theologie/ About the study of theology (1539) 8. Von der Menschwerdung des Menschen / On the Incarnation of Man. An Academic Lecture on Psalm 127 (1545) 9. Vorrede auf die Epistel S. Paul an die Römer / Preface to the Epistle of S. Paul to the Romans (1545) This is volume II of "The Essential Luther" from NLP. This series lays out Luther's complete major writings along with the original German or Latin text in the back of the book for quick reference. These are the only Bilingual editions of Luther's works ever printed. These manuscripts have been meticulously translated into English from the Original Fraktur manuscript. The German texts have been transcribed into the modern German text. This series is intended to introduce Luther's works systematically and includes all of Luther's writings including minor and obscure texts in 7 editions. Some of these sermons and letters have had no modern English translation until now. Volume I. Luther Contra Mundum: The Ninety-five Theses and other Major Treaties Volume II. Luther & Scripture: Writings on Hermeneutics, Exegesis and Patristics Volume III. Luther on Divine Sovereignty & Human will: Conversations with Erasmus Volume IV. Luther & the State: Writings on Secularism Volume V. Luther's Creeds: Catechisms & Confessions Volume VI. Luther's Table Talk Volume VII. Luther's Sermons and Letters

Confessional writings of the Lutheran Church and other information essential to understanding the confessions.

A comprehensive look at the background and context, the content, and the impact of Martin Luther's Theology, written by an international team of theologians and historians.

This book presents proponents of five approaches to biblical hermeneutics and allows them to respond to each other. The five approaches are the historical-critical/grammatical (Craig Blomberg), redemptive-historical (Richard Gaffin), literary/postmodern (Scott Spencer), canonical (Robert Wall) and philosophical/theological (Merold Westphal) views.

Most readers do not know about the Bible used almost universally by early Christians, or about how that Bible was birthed, how it grew to prominence, and how it differs from the one used as the basis for most modern translations. Although it was one of the most important events in the history of our civilization, the translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek in the third century BCE is an event almost unknown outside of academia. Timothy Michael Law offers the first book to make this topic accessible to a wider audience. Retrospectively, we can hardly imagine the history of Christian thought, and the history of Christianity itself, without the Old Testament. When the Emperor Constantine adopted the Christian faith, his fusion of the Church and the State ensured that the Christian worldview (which by this time had absorbed Jewish ideals that had come to them through the Greek translation) would leave an imprint on subsequent history. This book narrates in a fresh and exciting way the story of the Septuagint, the Greek Scriptures of the ancient Jewish Diaspora that became the first Christian Old Testament.

In 1517, Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of Wittenberg's castle church. Luther's seemingly inconsequential act ultimately launched the Reformation, a movement that forever transformed both the Church and Western culture. The repositioning of the Bible as beginning, middle, and end of Christian faith was crucial to the Reformation. Two words alone captured this emphasis on the Bible's divine inspiration, its abiding authority, and its clarity, efficacy, and sufficiency: sola scriptura. In the five centuries since the Reformation, the confidence Luther and the Reformers placed in the Bible has slowly eroded. Enlightened modernity came to treat the Bible like any other text, subjecting it to a near endless array of historical-critical methods derived from the sciences and philosophy. The result is that in many quarters of Protestantism today the Bible as word has ceased to be the Word. In The Reformation and the Right Reading of Scripture, Iain Provan aims to restore a Reformation-like confidence in the Bible by recovering a Reformation-like reading strategy. To accomplish these aims Provan first acknowledges the value in the Church's precritical appropriation of the Bible and, then, in a chastened use of modern and postmodern critical methods. But Provan resolutely returns to the Reformers' affirmation of the centrality of the literal sense of the text, in the Bible's original languages, for a right-minded biblical interpretation. In the end the volume shows that it is possible to arrive at an approach to biblical interpretation for the twenty-first century that does not simply replicate the Protestant hermeneutics of the sixteenth, but stands in fundamental continuity with them. Such lavish attention to, and importance placed upon, a seriously literal interpretation of Scripture is appropriate to the Christian confession of the word as Word--the one God's Word for the one world.

A new systematic of Luther's works across 7 volumes. This volume contains new translations of the following major works: 1. Von der babylonischen Gefangenschaft der Kirche / Prelude to the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (1520) 2. An den Christlichen Adel deutscher Nation von des Christlichen standes besserung/ To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (1520) 3. Das Magnificat, verdeutscht und ausgelegt / The Magnificat, Germanized and Interpreted (1521) 4. Eyn trew vormanung Martini Luther tzu allen Christen, sich tzu vorhuten fur auffruhr unnd emporung / A Faithful Preamble by Martin Luther to All Christians to Prepare for Revolt and Rise (1522) 5. Von weltlicher Obrigkeit und Wieweit man ihr Gehorsam schuldig sei/ On Secular Authority: To What Extent It Must Be Obeyed (1523) 6. Daß Jesus Christus ein geborner Jüde sei/ That Jesus Christ Was Born a Jew (1523) 7. Daß eine christliche Versammlung oder Gemeinde Recht und Macht habe / That a Christian assembly or congregation has right and power (1523) 8. An die Burgermeister und Ratherrn allerlei Städte in deutschen Landen/ To the Mayors and Town Councillors of all the Towns in the German Lands (1524) 9. Wider die räuberischen und mörderischen Rotten der Bauern/ Against the Robbing and Murdering Hordes of Peasants (1525) 10. Über den Bauernkrieg/ On the German Peasant's war (1526) 11. Briefe an Landgraf Philipp von Hessen/ Letters to Landgrave Philipp of Hesse (1530-31) 12. Artikel wider die ganze Satans-Schule und alle Pforten der Hölle / Articles against the whole school of Satan and all the gates of hell (1530) 13. An den Juden Jesel, v. 5. November 1537 / A letter to the Jew Jesel 14. A Letter to his wife of Feb 7th, 1546 / An seine Frau, aus Eisleben vom 7. Februar 1546. (1546) This is volume IV of "The Essential Luther" from NLP. This series lays out Luther's complete major writings along with the original German or Latin text in the back of the book for quick reference. These are the only Bilingual editions of Luther's works ever printed. These manuscripts have been meticulously translated into English from the Original Fraktur manuscript. The German texts have been transcribed into the modern German text. This series is intended to introduce Luther's works systematically and includes all of Luther's writings including minor and obscure texts in 7 editions. Some of these sermons and letters have had no modern English translation until now. Volume I. Luther Contra Mundum: The Ninety-five Theses and other Major Treaties Volume II. Luther & Scripture: Writings on Hermeneutics, Exegesis and Patristics Volume III. Luther on Divine Sovereignty & Human will: Conversations with Erasmus Volume IV. Luther & the State: Writings on Secularism Volume V. Luther's Creeds: Catechisms & Confessions Volume VI. Luther's Table Talk Volume VII. Luther's Sermons and Letters

In The Art of Prophesying, Puritan William Perkins (1558-1602) teaches how to preach the Word with "studied plainness," not relying on technique or soaring flourishes of oratory, but rather by unleashing the majestic power of the unencumbered Word of God. Unlike so much of the milquetoast preaching heard today, Perkins teaches how to utilize the Scripture in all its capacities: for teaching correct doctrine, for reproof and correction, and for training the godly in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16). This type of preaching changed lives during Perkins' lifetime, and it has the same effect today. Includes a biographical preface by Benjamin Brook. Scripture references (from the ESV) are embedded in the text as hyperlinks--no internet connection required.

A new systematic of Luther's works across 7 volumes. This volume contains his famous "Table Talks" in modern American English, translated directly from the original manuscripts. This is volume VI of "The Essential Luther" from NLP. This series lays out Luther's complete major writings along with the original German or Latin text in the back of the book for quick reference. These are the only Bilingual editions of Luther's works ever printed. These manuscripts have been meticulously translated into English from the Original Fraktur manuscript. The German texts have been transcribed into the modern German text. This series is intended to introduce Luther's works systematically and includes all of Luther's writings including minor and obscure texts in 7 editions. Some of these sermons and letters have had no modern English translation until now. Volume I. Luther Contra Mundum: The Ninety-five Theses and other Major Treaties Volume II. Luther & Scripture: Writings on Hermeneutics, Exegesis and Patristics Volume III. Luther on Divine Sovereignty & Human will: Conversations with Erasmus Volume IV. Luther & the State: Writings on Secularism Volume V. Luther's Creeds: Catechisms & Confessions Volume VI. Luther's Table Talk Volume VII. Luther's Sermons and Letters

"A Sheed & Ward book." Includes bibliographical references and index. What do Catholics believe about the Bible? -- The Bible and the church -- Modern Catholic documentation -- The Word of God in human language -- What is in the Catholic Bible? -- The different canons -- The history of the Old Testament canon(s) -- The history of the New Testament canon -- How do Catholics approach the Bible? -- The Catholic theological tradition on the Bible -- The Catholic experience -- Catholic Bibles today -- How do Catholics analyze a biblical text? -- Literary methods -- Historical methods -- Theological methods -- How do Catholics read the Old Testament? -- Old Testament study today -- Biblical interpretation in Jesus' time -- Reading the Old Testament as Catholic Christians -- How do Catholics read the New Testament? -- The formation of the Gospels -- The Gospels as witnesses to Jesus and the early church -- The Epistles as witnesses to early Christian faith and life -- How do Catholics interpret scripture? -- Hermeneutics -- The literal sense and the spiritual sense -- Scripture and tradition -- What place does the Bible have in Catholic life? -- The role of the magisterium -- The Bible in Catholic life -- Lectio divina -- Conclusion: twenty-five theses.