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Post category:Atonement Reconciliation
Reading time:4 mins read

By Johann Baier Edited and annotated by C. F. W. Walther Translated by Theodore E. Mayes Foreword by Jack D. Kilcrease Biographical introductions by Timothy R. Schmeling & Martin Noland C. F. W. Walther selected Johann Wilhelm Baier’s Compendium Theologiae Positivae as the basis for the first dogmatics used to prepare pastors for The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Walther edited Baier’s Compendium and annotated it with excerpts from Luther and orthodox Lutheran theologians. Baier-Walther’s “On the office of Christ” (Vol. III, Cap. II. Sectio III, De officio Christi) is both an antidote to errors about atonement in Lutheran circles and evidence of the doctrine of the…

Second Edition of Atonement in Lutheran Orthodoxy: Johannes Quenstedt

Post category:Atonement Reconciliation
Reading time:4 mins read

Johannes Quenstedt’s De Officio Christi is an antidote to errors about atonement in Lutheran circles. Lutheran Orthodoxy teaches that an indispensable part of atonement is vicarious satisfaction. Adversaries deny vicarious satisfaction. Their errors existed already in Quenstedt’s time. While teaching the orthodox truth, Quenstedt thoroughly refutes the adversaries from Scripture. Robert D. Preus says, “Quenstedt was the Thomas Aquinas, so to speak, of Lutheran Orthodoxy, the last great representative. … [H]e was fair and meticulous in his work and drew from the best which his precursors had to offer. … Quenstedt’s systematic section on the Atonement actually presents nothing but exegesis of…

Luther’s Liturgical Criteria and His Reform of the Canon of the Mass

Post category:Communion Sacrament of the Altar The Mass
Reading time:3 mins read

By Bryan D. Spinks Foreword by John T. Pless Luther reformed the Canon of the Mass, the way the Sacrament of the Altar is administered. He has been branded a liturgical hack. Was he a hack or a surgeon? What part did Jesus’ own words have in Luther’s reform. Is the Lord’s Supper a sacrifice we are to offer to God, or is it a testament and gift that Christ gives to the Church? World renowned scholar Bryan D. Spinks reports the findings of his research. Spinks identifies errors of scholastic procedure in the body of literature. He examines root…

Catechetical Evangelism in the Newspaper

Post category:Catechism Evangelism
Reading time:3 mins read

Evangelism springs from Luther’s Small Catechism into the newspaper. This book shares from the author’s experiences in writing religion articles published in his local newspaper. It presents ideas about the Catechism and evangelism, and about newspaper evangelism. It explains an approach to writing catechetical newspaper articles and includes three dozen of the author’s published articles as examples of the approach. Contents include: Introduction Evangelism and the Small Catechism Reformation of the Catechism Evangelical Even Where Not Expected Throbbing with Genius; Ready to Give an Answer Newspaper Evangelism Fountain of Ideas Have Something to Say Welcome Your New Friend: the Word…

A Sketch of Francis McGee Thompson: A Founder of Montana

Post category:Montana History
Reading time:3 mins read

“Perhaps no single pioneer left such a lasting mark on Montana as Francis M. Thompson.” (Rich Aarstad, Senior Archivist, Montana Historical Society) Francis McGhee Thompson (1833-1916) came to Montana in the gold rush of the 1860s. He was an investor, adventurer, and explorer with the American Exploring and Mineral Company. He settled in Bannack where gold was being mined along Grasshopper Creek. Bannack became the first capital of the Territory of Montana. Although he remained in Montana only a few years, he packed in a deep involvement with many people. He figures prominently in Bannack events and the foundation of…