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MAGAZIN FUER E v.-LuTH. H OMIl.ETIK
THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY.THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY
Vol. XVI March, 1945 No.3
CONTENTS
Page
The Lord's Prayer, the Pastor's Prayer. G. H. Smukal ......... _._ ...... 145
I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body. w. F. Beck ...... _ ......... _ ... 153
Sermon Study on Heb.12:1-6. Theo. Laetseh ........... _ .......... _ ..... _ ......... 169
A Definite Need in the Field of New Testament Textual
Criticism. w. Arndt _._. ____ ._ ............................ _ ................ 180
Outlines on Gospels Adopted by Synodical Conference ............ _... 187
Theological Observer ........................... ................................ _ .... c ••••• _ ••• _ ••••• 199
Book Review _ ........................................ _ ................................... _ .. _ ..... __ .. 212
Ein Prediger muss nlcht aJlem wei-
den. also dass er die Schafe unter·
weise. wie ale rechte Christen sollen
seln, sondern such daIleben den Woe!-
fen we ren. dass de die Schafe nicht
angrcifen und mit f "lll;cher Lehre ver-
fuehren und Irrtun J~1Jehren.
Luther
E.s lst kein Ding, das die Leute
mehr be! der K1rche bebaelt delU1
die gute Predigt. - Apolouie. An. 24
If the trumpet give an uncertain
sound, who shall prepare hJrnselt to
the battle? -1 COT. 14;8
Published for the
Ev. Luth. S. od of Mis:;ouri, Ohlo, and Other States
CONCORD PUBLJSBING BOUSE, Sf. Louis 18, Mo.
I'BIIHD IN 0'. 8. 4.
212 Book Review
Book Review
All books reviewed in tWs periodical may be procured from or through Con-
cordia Publishing Bouse, 3558 S. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis 18, Mo.
Studies in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Also Lectures on the Epistle to
Titus. By H. A. Ironside, Litt. D. Published by Loizeaux Brothers,
New York. 192 pages, 7lhx5. $1.25.
The studies in Hebrew were first published in serial form in 1931
and 1932 in the monthly expository magazine Revelation. Dr. Ironside
is a Fundamentalist, and the studies are written throughout from the
viewpoint of Dispensationalism and Calvinism. While he is a staunch
defender of Verbal Inspiration and of the deity of Christ, yet strange
to say, he refers Ps.2:7 to Christ's conception and birth by the Virgin
Mary (pp. 34, 35), and while he upholds the vicarious atonement, he limits
the latter to the elect. On the phrase "having purged our sins" he
writes: "There are many whose sins are not purged. . .. It is the act
of making an available means for purgation that is here stressed." That
is doing injustice to the clear words of the text. His Calvinistic back-
ground compels him to regard the apostates described chap. 6:4, 5 and
10:26-31 as persons who never have been regenerated, "never knew what
it was to receive the Lord Jesus as their own personal Savior" (pp.
80,81) . The author's Dispensationalism crops out time and again and,
with his Calvinism, tends to mar the enjoyment .one might otherwise get
from reading this boek.
The studies on Titus were first published in Moody's Monthly. They
are rather brief, cevering pages 179-192. The "washing of regeneration"
is net Baptism, but "the applicatien .of the Werd of God to heart and
conscience," p. 189. THEa. LAETSCH
Names of God in the Old Testament. By Nathan J . Stene. Published
by Moody Press, Chicago, m. 160 pages, 73,4x5¥.l. $1.00.
This beek was written by a converted Jew whe is new prefessor
of Hebrew at Moody Bible Institute. While not subscribing te every
interpretation, we regard this book as profitable reading and stimulating
for the study of the marvelous names of God. The names treated in this
book are: Elohim, Jehovah, Adonai, El Shaddai (Gen. 17:1, 2), Jehovah-
Jireh (Gen. 22:14), Jehovah-Rophe (Ex. 15:26), Jehovah-Nissi (Ex. 17:15),
Jehovah-M'Kaddesh (Lev. 20:8), Jehovah-Shalom (Judg.6:24), Jehovah-
Tsidkenu (Jer. 23: 6), Jehovah-Rohi (Ps. 23: 1), Jehovah Shammah (Ez.
48:35) . On page 106 the author says that "man must of his own free
will exercise that provision and power" in spiritual things with which
God has endewed him. If a man can exercise pewer, he is no longer
dead; and if a man who was dead in trespasses and sins has received
pewer to choose that which is spiritually good, he is no longer spiritually
dead, but God has through His Gospel made him spiritually alive,
regenerated him, made him a willing servant of his Maker.
TH.LAETSCH
Book Review 213
Let Us Reason Together. A Summary of Christian Teaching. By
Rupert H. Schroeder. Authorized by the Army and Navy Com-
mission of the Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) . Concordia
Publishing House. 218 pages, 3% X 4%. 75 cents. Questions and
Answers, Part 1-3. 15 cents.
Here is a new book in the field of adult instruction for church
membership. It was written in particular for the assistance of chaplains
and civilian pastors connected with candidates for church membership
in the armed forces of our country. The form of presentation is that
of a group discussion given in detail in the book, various members of
a membership class being brought into the conversation, with the
pastor presenting the Scriptural view in a very skillful manner. Prac-
tically every ancient and modern objection to Scriptural truth is
brought out in the discussion of the group. The approach is interest-
ing, and it will be worth finding out whether this form of teaching
can be done on the basis of conversations written out in such detail.
Yet we believe that a pastor with some experience can use a text
of this type successfully. There are three little pamphlets of tests
and one of answers included in the set. The answers are according
to the true-false method, whose advantages and drawbacks are suf-
ficiently well known to all educators. If the book will serve to bring
further people into the Church or to the knowledge of the truth, it
will have served its purpose. P . E. KRETZMANN
In Thy Light. 12 Radio Addresses. By Walter E. Bauer, Ph. D. Con-
cordia Publishing House. 75 cents.
We welcome this contribution to the literature of the Church from
a faculty member of our Lutheran University at Valparaiso, Indiana.
Dr. W. E. Bauer is professor of history and political science. After his
graduation from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, he served congregations
in Arkansas and New York, received his master's degree from Columbia
University, and took his doctorate at Cornell. He has been at Valparaiso
for eighteen years.
The twelve addresses were originally delivered to a radio audience
in the Chicago area. They bear these titles: 1. Behold the Man.
2. Martin Luther-Then and Now. 3. Education-a Promise or a
Menace. 4. The Christian Way in Education. 5. Religion and Education.
6. Christianity and Civilization. 7. Christianity or Paganism. 8. "Free-
dom's Holy Light." 9. Lincoln Speaks to a World at War. 10. Good
Counsel from the Father of His Country. 11. Reconstruction-a Moral
Problem. 12. The Kingship of Jesus. The content of each address is
scholarly, while the presentation is in simple language. It is a book
which should be recommended by pastors to parents and young people,
especially to those who are interested in Christian education.
L.J.SIECK
In Season _ . Out of Season. Occasional Sermons. Concordia Publish-
ing House. $1.50.
The busy pastor will appreciate this volume of occasional sermons.
He will find in these addresses new thoughts and new approaches to the
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.."bject matter of his preaching on various occasions, ranging from wed-
ngs and funerals to anniversaries, graduation, the installation of a
parochial school teacher, dedication of church windows, Mission Sunday,
-~tional days, etc. The thirty sermons are fresh from the pen of 1;--nty-
ree Missow' ~yno(l preachers, ea~~. writws in AU" own style ~ 1 for
his particular audience, yet all alike in this that they direct the hemef
to Christ, the Savior. We recommend it to you as a helpful v-'-llTIe.
L.J.Sm
I Crucified the Lord. A Series of Lenten Meditations. By R. R. Belter.
The Lutheran Literary Board, Burlington, Iowa. 124 pages.·%X
7314. $1.00.
This is an excellent series of forty Lenten meditations - brief, in-
structive, devotional, and covering in their compass the salient points in
the sacred narrative of Christ's suffering and death. The central thought
pervading the meditations is given in the words which are used as the
title of the book I Crucified. the Lord and which focus the reader's
attention on his sin as causative of the Lord's Passion, but also on his
claim to Christ's precious redemption. The Christian who penitently
and believingly reads these devout studies in sin and grace will glean
from them not only abundant comfort for his trouble of sin, but will
also, through the power of the Word, take from the Gospel of Christ's
suffering new holy zeal to amend hi:; life. A commendable fea~_..'! of
the book is that it induces the reader to study with deep interest the
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