Lutheran Books to Read

jonmolby · Nov 27, 2012

Hi I am relatively new to Lutheranism and I am wondering what are good books that explain the Lutheran perspective. I have read a lot of Luther, Lutheranism 101, and have started reading the Book of Concord. Any other suggestions?

Thanks

cerette · Nov 27, 2012

"Christian Dogmatics" by Franz Pieper. I don't agree with every single word in the book, but it's still a super duper good Lutheran book!!

Moses Medina · Nov 27, 2012

I recommend Law and Gospel by Walther. Also if you haven't done so, I highly recommend Small Catechism with explanation. I thought it was redundant to explain in so much detail the small catechism, but I was very wrong. It's great that everything is explained and backed up with bible verses. Everything is!

alexnbethmom · Nov 28, 2012

welcome!!

yes, the small catechism, definitely....

also the Book of Concord....

another REALLY good one is Spirituality of the Cross - Expanded & Revised

there will be others, i'm sure, that will give other good suggestions!!

jonmolby · Nov 28, 2012

Thanks everyone I will definately add those to my reading list.

Red 5 · Nov 30, 2012

Religious Bodies of America by F.E. Mayer.

Great book that goes through most religious bodies from a Lutheran perspective.

Tangible · Nov 30, 2012

Red 5 said:
Religious Bodies of America by F.E. Mayer.

Great book that goes through most religious bodies from a Lutheran perspective.

In the same vein, a recent publication from CPH: The Lutheran Difference

jonmolby · Nov 30, 2012

Great suggestions! I added them to my reading list

bach90 · Jan 6, 2013

I posed this question to my pastor when I first attended a Lutheran church.

It always goes back to the Small Catechism.

boomlakelady · Jan 7, 2013

Is that a tough book to understand?

boomlakelady · Jan 7, 2013

Is Christian Dogmatics tough to understand?

DaRev · Jan 7, 2013

Pieper's Christian Dogmatics is a seminary level set of books that can be quite a job to read through.

boomlakelady · Jan 7, 2013

Oh! thanks for the warning! I just got "Essential Lutheran Library" in, so I'll start with that until my People's Commentary starts coming.

MarkRohfrietsch · Jan 8, 2013

I really recommend Arthur A. Just's Heaven on Earth: the Gifts of Christ in the Divine Service.
http://www.cph.org/p-454-heaven-on-earth-the-gifts-of-christ-in-the-divine-service.aspx

Very inspiring.

filosofer · Jan 8, 2013

Other excellent books:

The Genius of Luther’s Theology: A Wittenberg Way of Thinking for the Contemporary Church by Robert Kolb and Charles Arand. Superb book.

We Confess Anthology: (We Confess Jesus Christ, We Confess the Church, We Confess the Sacraments). Excellent book.

Principles of Lutheran Theology , 2nd Ed. By Carl Braaten. About 90% of the writing is excellent and on solid ground, 10% is worth reading but discarding; but I urge that to all who read books outside Scripture and the Confessions. Valuable insights.

The Church from Age to Age by CPH. Readable recent compilation of six previous books on history. Excellent resource for everyone.

Three books used as text in Concordia Universities; edited by Steven Miller (Concordia, Irvine). These are usable with high education background.

Called to Believe: A Brief Introduction to Christian Doctrine , 2006.

Called to Believe, Teach, and Confess: An Introduction to Doctrinal Theology, 2006.

Called to be God’s People . 2006.

Testing Boundaries: Windows to Lutheran Identity , Charles Arand, 1995.

Here We Stand Hermann Sasse, 1938. A valuable book written in the crisis of the growing influence of Nazism and the Reformed movement in the German Church. Should be read with Bonhoeffer’s book (below), since they were contemporaries and worked to fight against the Reformed movement in Germany in the 1930’s.

Life Together Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1954, but originally written as he was developing an underground seminary in Germany in the early 1940’s.

Shane R · Jan 9, 2013

The Chief Theological Topics by Philip Melancthon. Concordia has a relatively fresh translation of the final edition out. The book was so important to early Lutheranism that Martin Chemnitz wrote a commentary on it. It was a standard theological text for several generations of Lutheran pastors. It's fairly deep but not like Pieper.

cerette · Jan 19, 2013

boomlakelady said:
Is Christian Dogmatics tough to understand?

It's not tough to understand, but it's thick and not something you'd read with one eye while also watching the news or something.

bach90 · Jan 19, 2013

I just ordered my copy of "Broken" by Pr. Fisk. I've heard great reviews about it.

LilLamb219 · Jan 21, 2013

bach90 said:
I just ordered my copy of "Broken" by Pr. Fisk. I've heard great reviews about it.

I finished my copy of Broken this weekend and thought it was amazing! I learned A LOT and it made so much sense the way Pr. Fisk explained things.

diychristian · Mar 10, 2013

Here's a link with Letters from the synod and confessions and other things.

Belief and Practice - The Lutheran ChurchâMissouri Synod

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