Key Issue #4
As a companion to the May/June 2011 issue of Preach the Word, we offer these resources for further study by individuals, study groups, or circuits:
Study Aids
In response to a request from a pastoral circuit, Pastor Daron Lindemann and the author are partnering to put together a set of application and discussion questions to accompany each issue of Preach the Word. We hope this added resource can help both individual pastors, as well as study groups or circuits, to gain even more from each edition of the newsletter.
- Study Guide (Doc Format)
- Study Guide (PDF Format)
Book Reviews
- A book review of Grow Upon Grace by John W. Kleinig
Grace upon Grace is a thoroughly Lutheran treatment of spiritual growth that focuses on the power of the gospel in the means of grace, along with prayer and the spiritual testing that unfailingly comes along with that, as the keys to that growth.
Helpful Articles
In this excerpt from Luther’s Works (Volume 34), Luther gives us a summary of the threefold way God grows theologians: oratio, meditatio, and tentatio.
- Meditation by John W. Kleining, Reprinted with permission from Logia Vol X, No 2.
Readers will need to “look past” a bit of mysticism in Kleinig’s meditation that seems to suggest that visions seen and voices heard may be part of our devotional life as well as the rather unusual understanding of the account of Mary and Martha. Yet beyond that, there is much helpful food for thought in this brief article that can be applied to our devotional lives.
- The Kindred Heart: Luther on Meditation by John W. Kleining, Reprinted with permission from Lutheran Theological Journal Vol 20, No 2-3.
John Kleinig traces Luther’s approach to meditating on God’s Word.
The Pastor’s Bible Study by Daniel Deutschlander
On February 21-22 of 2011, Professor Deutschlander gave a seminar entitled The Pastor’s Bible Study. For many years he faithfully taught what it means to be a Lutheran pastor, preacher and Seelsorger. We are pleased to be able to offer the original study guide and a three part recording of Professor Deutschlander’s presentation for your benefit.