Issue 30, Mar 2010
Here is our list of books we recommend you purchase for your library. We’ll keep bringing the list back until we have completed the reviews. Books are not listed in any order of importance

 

Books with links have been previously quoted and/or

 reviewed in this ezine.

 

 

Issue 29, Feb 2010
Here is that same list of books we recommended you purchase for your library last month. We’ll keep bringing the list back for a few more. The approximate cost of each book is listed in the parentheses. Books are not listed in any order of importance

 

Each month we offer a brief summary of one or more of them. Books with links have been previously quoted and reviewed in this ezine.

 

Dying to Live: The Power of Forgiveness by Harold L. Senkbeil - See Read More »

Issue 28, Jan 2010
The recent article by Larry Harvey in ROH Ezine about the use of tangible images in the worship life of the church calls to mind my experiences during the 1950's and 60's as a missionary in Africa.

 

The indigenous  religion of many Africans involved animism, a belief that spirits or a spirit-power could inhabit tangible items.  It is believed that these items could inflict harm or bestow good upon a person.

 

In 1953 I encountered a notable event with animism.  As I was driving on a road through the bush I noticed a large crowd of people in great agitation.  I stopped, recognized an elder of the village, and asked what the obvious turmoil was about.  He said that a man was attempting to brin ... Read More »

Issue 28, Jan 2010
Recently I asked Larry Harvey, a frequent contributor to this publication, to submit the list of recommended books from his church, Zion Lutheran of Tomball, Texas. Below is his list. We present it for your consideration in the new year. We also plan to have these same books available soon through our own online store.

 

Each month we also plan to offer a brief summary of one of the books

 

 

1.         Why I Am a Lutheran by Daniel Preus ($16.00)

 

2.         Luther’s Small Catechism Annotated by Edw. W.A. Koehler&n ... Read More »

Issue 27, Dec 2010
Have you finished your Christmas shopping? Here are some suggestions from my recent mail that may interest you. The first is from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis.

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The burgundy books. They are The Essential Lutheran Library and no bookshelf is complete without it. Seven amazing Lutheran-filled resources include The Lutheran Study Bible, Lutheran Service Book, Luther&rsq ... Read More »