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The Concordia Commentary series enables pastors, professors, and teachers to proclaim the Gospel with greater insight, clarity, and faithfulness to the divine intent of the biblical text. The series covers all of the canonical books of the Old and New Testaments. In 1-3 John - Concordia Commentary covers the epistles of John, the last living apostle in his writing to his "children."

This commentary expounds upon the later chapters of Ezekiel according to the book's classic prophetic outline. After judgment falls on Israel, oracles against the Gentile nations bring them under God's judgment too. But God's purpose is to lead all people to repentance and salvation through faith. God promises forgiveness, restoration, and resurrection through a new David, the Shepherd who will unite all believers. The book ends with an extended vision of the new temple and rejuvenated land in the new earth, where God's redeemed people shall dwell under their Prince forever.¿About the SeriesThe Concordia Commentary Series: A Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture is written to enable pastors and teachers of the Word to proclaim the Gospel with greater insight, clarity, and faithfulness to the divine intent of the biblical text.This landmark work will cover all the canonical books of the Old and New Testaments, interpreting Scripture as a harmonious unity centered in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Every passage bears witness to the Good News that God has reconciled the world to Himself through our Lord's life, death, and resurrection.The commentary fully affirms the divine inspiration, inerrancy, and authority of Scripture as it emphasizes "that which promotes Christ" in each pericope.Authors are sensitive to the rich treasury of language, imagery, and themes found throughout Scripture, including such dialectics as Law and Gospel, sin and grace, death and new life, folly and wisdom, demon possession and the arrival of the kingdom of God in Christ. Careful attention is given to the original Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek. Further light is shed on the text from archaeology, history, and extra-biblical literature. Finally, Scripture's message is applied to the ongoing life of the church in terms of ministry, worship, proclamation of the Word, Baptism, the Lord's Supper, confession of the faith--all in joyful anticipation of the life of the world to come.

"All is vanity!" [1:2] is the broken, Ecclesiastic cry. What are we to make of it? In this original translation and commentary, Rev. Dr. Bollhagen suggests that while Solomon faces a sad, sinful world in Ecclesiastes, he nonetheless preaches a childlike and resilient faith in the promises of God. Bollhagen dwells with Solomon on the question, "Where is joy in suffering?" and locates it in the hope of salvation we receive through the person of Christ. Here, the fleeting nature of earthly life is acknowledged, but Ecclesiastes' Divine wisdom instills both faith in and fear of God.Included EssaysPessimism, Realism, Faith, and Hope in EcclesiastesGod's Wisdom is Divine, and Wisdom Begets the New CreationOn Riches According to EcclesiastesAbout the seriesThe Concordia Commentary Series: A Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture is written to enable pastors and teachers of the Word to proclaim the Gospel with greater insight, clarity, and faithfulness to the divine intent of the Biblical text.The series will cover all the canonical books of the Old and New Testament, with an original translation and meticulous grammatical analysis of the Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek of each text. The foremost interpretive lens centers on the unified proclamation of the person and work of Christ across every Scriptural book.The Commentary fully affirms the divine inspiration, inerrancy, and authority of Scripture; Each passage bears witness to the confession that God has reconciled the world to Himself through the incarnation, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ His Son.Authors expose the rich treasury of language, imagery, and thematic content of the Scripture, while supplementing their work with additional research in archaeology, history, and extrabiblical literature. Throughout, God's Word emanates from authors careful attention and inculcates the ongoing life of the Church in Word, Sacrament, and daily confession.

It could be said that the epistle of James has had a troubled history in Lutheran circles. Beyond its status as a disputed book in ancient considerations of the canon, James's apparently contradictory teaching on faith and works can seem quite troubling. In this original translation, Rev. Dr. Curtis P. Giese tackles James with a thorough, faithful commentary. He argues that the book is truly scriptural, written by James the half-brother of Christ, and that the teaching on justification is reconcilable with the rest of the scriptures. Giese treats recent scholarship, giving particular focus to the various interpretations of the structure of James, whether as a disjointed collection of semi-essays or an intentional, integrated narrative. He also extensively treats the reception of James by Luther and the Reformers in the face of pressures from the Roman church.FeaturesSeveral escursus essays on James in Luther and Reformation thoughtAn overview of the canonicity of JamesAdditional EssaysThe Eschatological Focus of JamesOld and New Testament Connections in JamesReception of James in the Early ChurchLuther and the Lutheran Confessions on Justification in James 2:14-26About the seriesThe Concordia Commentary Series: A Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture is written to enable pastors and teachers of the Word to proclaim the Gospel with greater insight, clarity, and faithfulness to the divine intent of the Biblical text.The series will cover all the canonical books of the Old and New Testament, with an original translation and meticulous grammatical analysis of the Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek of each text. The foremost interpretive lens centers on the unified proclamation of the person and work of Christ across every Scriptural book.The Commentary fully affirms the divine inspiration, inerrancy, and authority of Scripture; Each passage bears witness to the confession that God has reconciled the world to Himself through the incarnation, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ His Son.Authors expose the rich treasury of language, imagery, and thematic content of the Scripture, while supplementing their work with additional research in archaeology, history, and extrabiblical literature. Throughout, God's Word emanates from authors careful attention and inculcates the ongoing life of the Church in Word, Sacrament, and daily confession.

"As I was with Moses, so I will be with you." (Joshua 1:5) This is God's promise to Joshua, but through the book of Joshua it becomes clear that this was also His promise to Israel and, fulfilled in Christ, His promise to us. More than mere history, Joshua is a narrative theology that directly propagates the covenant in salvation history. Dr. Harstad employs a historical-grammatical method in this original translation, and he pursues what he considers the grand theme of Joshua; The Lord fulfills His promises to the land of Israel. He also considers Joshua as a sort of parallel to Acts, both being narrative histories about the continuation of the Church after the paradigm shifts of Moses' death and Christ's ascension.FeaturesAn overview of Joshua's place in the cannonA history, geography, and timeline of JoshuaComparisons of the roles of Joshua and the book of ActsAdditional EssaysOn the Man JoshuaThe Central Themes and Subthemes of JoshuaExcursi on Jericho, the Jordan, and the Name of the LordAbout the seriesThe Concordia Commentary Series: A Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture is written to enable pastors and teachers of the Word to proclaim the Gospel with greater insight, clarity, and faithfulness to the divine intent of the Biblical text.The series will cover all the canonical books of the Old and New Testament, with an original translation and meticulous grammatical analysis of the Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek of each text. The foremost interpretive lens centers on the unified proclamation of the person and work of Christ across every Scriptural book.The Commentary fully affirms the divine inspiration, inerrancy, and authority of Scripture; Each passage bears witness to the confession that God has reconciled the world to Himself through the incarnation, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ His Son.Authors expose the rich treasury of language, imagery, and thematic content of the Scripture, while supplementing their work with additional research in archaeology, history, and extrabiblical literature. Throughout, God's Word emanates from authors careful attention and inculcates the ongoing life of the Church in Word, Sacrament, and daily confession.

Daniel confesses of the Lord, "he reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him." (2:22) This is good council for any serious interpretation of the Scriptures. Through His clear Word, God reveals truths about himself not gnostic riddles for the faithful to solve. In this commentary, Steinmann identifies themes of God as the powerful protector of his people, of the uselessness of idols and false gods, and of the integrity of faith. Against those who would make unwarranted mystic interpretations of the visions in Daniel, Steinmann takes a measured exegetical approach, firmly committed to the principle that obscure passages of Scripture can be faithfully interpreted by clearer passages and attention to the original languagesFeaturesOverview of the Law and Gospel in DanielArguments for a traditional date and authorship for DanielAnalysis of the interlocked chiastic structure of Daniel as a synthesis of visionary and narrative genresAn overview and rebuttal of dispensational and premillennial interpretations of Daniels visions.Additional EssaysThe Messiah in Daniel: An OverviewDaniel's View of the ExileThe Lutheran Confessions on the Anti-Christ in DanielAbout the seriesThe Concordia Commentary Series: A Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture is written to enable pastors and teachers of the Word to proclaim the Gospel with greater insight, clarity, and faithfulness to the divine intent of the Biblical text.The series will cover all the canonical books of the Old and New Testament, with an original translation and meticulous grammatical analysis of the Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek of each text. The foremost interpretive lens centers on the unified proclamation of the person and work of Christ across every Scriptural book.The Commentary fully affirms the divine inspiration, inerrancy, and authority of Scripture; Each passage bears witness to the confession that God has reconciled the world to Himself through the incarnation, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ His Son.Authors expose the rich treasury of language, imagery, and thematic content of the Scripture, while supplementing their work with additional research in archaeology, history, and extrabiblical literature. Throughout, God's Word emanates from authors careful attention and inculcates the ongoing life of the Church in Word, Sacrament, and daily confession.

Complete your study of Matthew with the final volume of Dr. Gibb's Concordia Commentary on Matthew"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations," (Matthew 28:19) is the evangelistic call within Matthew, and Dr. Jeffrey Gibbs maintains that the text of Matthew was intended to serve "all nations" and the whole church rather than the some singular congregation as is argued by many contemporary scholars. Still, Gibbs interprets the text in light of the original cultural and religious context in which Matthew wrote, as well as the audience for whom he wrote. He employs a narrative approach that carefully attends to the literary structure of Matthew's unfolding message in his Gospel. Themes that receive particular emphasis include Jesus' mission to save his people from their sins; the reign of God in Jesus; the Son of God's vicarious role as the substitute for Israel and for us; Jesus' fulfillment of the OT; Jesus' ministry of mighty word (preaching, calling disciples, teaching) and mighty deed (healing the sick, exorcizing, and raising the dead); how God's grace in Jesus now comes to us through Word and Sacrament; and eschatology-that the end times have begun already with Jesus' ministry, and the Christian lives with joyful hope in the promises yet to be fulfilled on the Last Day.FeaturesA conviction that the Gospels can and should be treated as independent, inspired sources, each to be interpreted in their own terms and in their own ways.A narrative approach and analysis of the life of Christ in the GospelAn extensive outline of how, when, and where Matthew wrote his GospelEssaysThe Son of God Dies: What Does This Mean?The Resurrection of Jesus in Matthew's Gospel and the New TestamentAn Introduction to the Eschatological Discourse (Matthew 24:1-26:1)About the SeriesThe Concordia Commentary Series: A Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture is written to enable pastors and teachers of the Word to proclaim the Gospel with greater insight, clarity, and faithfulness to the divine intent of the Biblical text.The series will cover all the canonical books of the Old and New Testament, with an original translation and meticulous grammatical analysis of the Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek of each text. The foremost interpretive lens centers on the unified proclamation of the person and work of Christ across every Scriptural book.The Commentary fully affirms the divine inspiration, inerrancy, and authority of Scripture; Each passage bears witness to the confession that God has reconciled the world to Himself through the incarnation, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ His Son.Authors expose the rich treasury of language, imagery, and thematic content of the Scripture, while supplementing their work with additional research in archaeology, history, and extrabiblical literature. Throughout, God's Word emanates from authors careful attention and inculcates the ongoing life of the Church in Word, Sacrament, and daily confession.

After Martin Luther's death, many theological issues were addressed in the Book of Concord in 1580. A mere three years later, a defense of the Book of Concord was required in order to refute attacks on the theology presented there-thus the Apology of the Book of Concord was written.Martin Chemnitz, Timothy Kirchner, and Nicolaus Selnecker prepared this project, clearly presenting the theology of the person of Christ and the Lord's Supper in addition to defending doctrine.As Friedrich Bente said, "Alongside the Formula of Concord, there is no other book of that period in which the pure doctrine of the Lord's Supper, the person of Christ, and original sin, along with related doctrines, is presented so clearly and convincingly and defended against the objections of the false teachers."

In this extensive theological overview, the chief author of the Formula of Concord provides a commentary on Philip Melanchthon's Loci Communes. Drawing on Lutheran tradition and interacting with many of the early church fathers, in Part I Chemnitz addresses the topics of God, the persons of the Trinity, creation, sin, and free choice. The content continues in Loci Theologici Parts II and III (Chemnitz's Works 8).

In this extensive theological overview, the chief author of the Formula of Concord provides a commentary on Philip Melanchthon's Loci Communes. Drawing on Lutheran tradition and interacting with many of the early church fathers, in Part II and III Chemnitz addresses the topics of the divine Law, including a detailed exposition of the Decalog, natural law, and the use of the Law; justification and the Gospel, including detailed studies of the words "faith" and "gace"; good works, including the necessity of such works; the difference between the old and new covenants, and between mortal and venial sin; the church, and the sacraments in general. This volume continues the presentation from Loci Theologici Part I (Chemnitz's Works 7).

A translation of Chemnitz' little book for pastors.

The Chemnitz-Andreae Church Order shows not only what those who confessed the Augsburg Confession believed, but how the Lutheran Reformation put that faith into action and handed down the faith by means of orderly worship, church governance, and education. This text is crucial for avoiding misinterpretations of the Lutheran Confessions and the Reformation as a whole. Knowing the actual churchly practice of Formula of Concord chief authors Martin Chemnitz and Jacob Andreae is necessary in order to put their biblical teaching and confession into context. It also may inspire new solutions for the church's problems regarding Christian education, formation of Christians who stand in their confession against worldly influences, and congregational leadership.This work consists of two parts: the Body of Doctrine and the Agenda (or Church Order). The Body of Doctrine is a precursor to the Formula of Concord (1577). The Agenda deals with numerous topics, such as:Order of liturgy for Sundays, Weekdays, and other services and pastoral functionsPrayersLiturgical musicCall process for pastorsChurch governance, the office of church superintendent, synodical assemblies, and consistoriesCustomsMarriage and divorceSchoolsOffice of schoolmasterMonastery schools (how former monasteries were put to good use after the Reformation)Alms and church-sponsored social welfareFeatures include:Snapshot of school and church life in the territorial church led by Chemnitz, a main author of the Formula of Concord (one of the Lutheran statements of faith)Ancient worship music and chant set to modern musical notation"Luther, the Confessions, and Confessors on Liturgical Freedom and Uniformity" by the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod

The Examination of the Council of Trent series has been the basis for dialogue between Catholics and Lutherans for centuries. This is the first English translation of Chemnitz's work, which became the standard Lutheran answer to the claims of Rome as set forth at Trent.Each volume of this series contains a Subject and Scripture Text Index.This volume addresses the Roman Catholic sacramentsBaptismConfirmationEucharistthe MassPenanceLast rites (Extreme Unction)Holy ordersMatrimony

This is a translation of Chemnitz's De Duabus Naturis in Christo, written in 1578. This book concerns the two natures of Christ (the divine and the human), their hypostatic union and the communication of their attributes and related questions. It shows that the Christology of the Lutheran reformers is that of Scripture, the ancient church fathers, and the creeds.

The Examination of the Council of Trent series has been the basis for dialogue between Catholics and Lutherans for centuries. This is the first English translation of Chemnitz's work, which became the standard Lutheran answer to the claims of Rome as set forth at Trent.Each volume of this series contains a Subject and Scripture Text Index.This volume addressesChastityVirginityCelibacyPurgatoryInvocation and veneration of saints

The Examination of the Council of Trent series has been the basis for dialogue between Catholics and Lutherans for centuries. This is the first English translation of Chemnitz's work, which became the standard Lutheran answer to the claims of Rome as set forth at Trent.Each volume of this series contains a Subject and Scripture Text Index.This volume addressesRelics of the saintsImagesIndulgencesFastingDistinction of foodFestivals

The Examination of the Council of Trent series has been the basis for dialogue between Catholics and Lutherans for centuries. This is the first English translation of Chemnitz's work, which became the standard Lutheran answer to the claims of Rome as set forth at Trent.Each volume of this series contains a Subject and Scripture Text Index.This volume sets forth the Protestant interpretation ofSacred ScriptureTraditionFree willOriginal sinJustificationFaithGood works

This text describes the distinctive Lutheran aspects of parochial education.An Introduction to the Foundations of Lutheran Education explores the historical context of Lutheran education by examining the events and ideas that have contributed to the development of formal educational endeavors within the LCMS. This books examines the philosophical foundations of Lutheran education through an exploration of the theoretical, philosophical, and theological underpinnings of learning in a religious environment. The author looks specifically at the roles and responsibilities of the LCMS teacher, including preparation, certification, placement, satisfaction, burnout, and attrition--and he explores the organization, governance, administration, and financing of Lutheran education.Developed in consultation with the Concordia University System education faculty, this serves as an introductory text for teacher education.

Volume 2 of 3. The twenty-eight present various practical congregational matters includingScriptureBible interpretationNature and attributes of GodGod's providenceOffice of ChristSinTemptationGod's graceJustificationRepentanceSanctificationSynergismMeans of graceGospelSacramentsBaptismLord's SupperLutheran congregationPublic ministryDoctrineChurch fellowshipChurch and stateLuther's catechismTraining of our youthLutheran schoolsAdiaphoraPapacy

Christianity really is all about Jesus. Sound simple? Thats because it is. Gods Son, Jesus Christ, is the true and only heartbeat of our faith. He is how we know that God truly is love. He is whom the prophets speak of throughout history. He humbled himself to become human for the sake of saving us. He covers us with His victory over deatheternal life is ours in Him.

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