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Editorial Comment, Martin H. Scharlemann

Concordia Theological Monthly

There they were! In front of them lay the Sea of Reeds; behind them were the troops of Pharaoh. To Moses came the order from God Himself, "Tell the people to go forward!" At His command an east wind began to blow strongly enough to create a way of escape for Israel and a path of destruction for its enemies. God's word is always one of power. When He speaks things begin to move - forward! In fact, His action is at times His first word, giving promise of more to come.

Book Review. - Literatur, Carl S. Meyer

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

Studies In Discipleship, Martin H. Franzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

When Jesus said, "Follow Me," He was confiscating man for Himself. For that word applied to man with personal and inescapable urgency His call to repentance and His annunciation of the Kingdom come; it brought the gift and the claim of the Kingdom to bear on man. The whole Gospel of Matthew is simply the record of this process of progressive Messianic confiscation, the record of how Jesus shaped men in the mold of repentance (the Kingdom-imperative), of how the Christ created men in His image, Christian men. Matthew's record, with its rich reproduction of the words of Jesus, anything …

Brief Studies, Robert O. Hoerber, Carl S. Meyer, H. Hamann

Concordia Theological Monthly

The Decree of Claudius in Acts 18:2

Luther and Melanchthon at Muenster in 1960

Leadership

Statistics on World Lutheranism

Theological Observer, John Theodore Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

Theological Observer

Declaring God's Glory Through Welfare Work, William A. Buege

Concordia Theological Monthly

Declare God's Glory," a great church body insisted as it met in convention, and no one could fault it for having chosen anything less than the highest as the standard for measuring its past and the purpose of all its doing in the present and the objective of all its planning for the future. After all, it is called of God out of the darkness of self-governed and self-motivated action into the glorious light of being God-governed and God-motivated so that it might show forth His praises and not the destructive wonders of which man is capable.

Homiletics: Outlines On The Synodical Conference Gospels Second Series, Herbert E. Hohenstein

Concordia Theological Monthly

Outlines on the Synodical Conference Gospels Second Series

Homiletics: Outlines On The Synodical Conference Gospels Second Series, Harold W. Scheibert

Concordia Theological Monthly

Outlines on the Synodical Conference Gospels Second Series

Book Review. - Literatur, Edgar Krentz

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

Studies In Discipleship, Martin H. Franzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

There is probably no balder piece of narrative in all literature than Matthew's account of the calling of the first four disciples (4:18-22). There is not an adjective in it, and only one adverb, and the style is so completely nondramatic that at least one scholar has spoken of its "casualness." But this sparse and lean simplicity of narrative is anything but an indication that the event here recorded is of minor or subordinate importance, for this same Matthew records the birth and the resurrection of Jesus in subordinate clauses and devotes to the act of the crucifixion a single …

Editorial Comment-Reformation -Radicality, Gilbert A. Thiele

Concordia Theological Monthly

The task courageously undertaken by our Anglo-Lutheran brethren and sisters in Britain generally and in England specifically to reverse almost four centuries of British church history by establishing and extending the Evangelical Lutheran Church of England (ELCE) gives rise to the informative and aggressive piece with which this 1960 Reformation issue of our journal opens.

Luther And The English Reformation, E. George Pearce

Concordia Theological Monthly

Martin Luther never came to England. So far as I know, he was never invited. Melanchthon was-many times, sometimes by King Henry himself, very often by the Archbishop of Canterbury, but he always found reason to decline. Martin Luther never set foot on the realms of Henry VIII. What, then, is the connection between Luther and the English Reformation?

Brief Studies, A. O. Fuerbringer, Robert Preus

Concordia Theological Monthly

A Statement on the Form and Function of the Holy Scriptures

The Christology and Soteriology of Karl Barth

Lutherans in North America

Theological Observer, John Theodore Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

Theological Observer

Melanchthon The Confessor, Arthur Carl Piepkorn

Concordia Theological Monthly

By definition, a confessor is "one who confesses." Specifically and strictly, a confessor is an ordained clergymen who hears confessions and is authorized to grant absolution. Or he is one who professes or gives heroic evidence of his faith in Christ, a saint who suffers persecution for his faith without undergoing martyrdom in the process.

Melanchthon As Educator And Humanist, Carl S. Meyer

Concordia Theological Monthly

Melanchthon, it seems, lacked a sense of humor. Tactful, careful, intent on weighing the pros and cons of each question, working all day even on Sunday, grubbing and grinding, this was Melanchthon according to Martin Luther, who had ample opportunity to observe his friend and colleague.

Book Review. - Literatur, Carl S. Meyer

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

Brief Studies, Harry G. Coiner

Concordia Theological Monthly

The Pastor at Work

Theological Observer, John Theodore Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

Theological Observer

Editorial Comment, Charles L. Hill

Concordia Theological Monthly

In this issue we are continuing the observance of the 400th anniversary of the death of Philip Melanchthon. To the articles appearing in the August issue of our journal, we are adding two more which likewise were read as a commemorative symposium at Concordia Seminary on April 2-21 of this year. In calling these articles to the attention of our readers, we have chosen to let Melanchthon speak to us directly from bis Loci communes, selecting some of his 33 theses, which conclude his treatise on law and Gospel.

The International Student-Test Of A Living Church, William J. Danker

Concordia Theological Monthly

In a world in which the process of homogenization is being stepped up constantly, it is not surprising that we have reached the era of the International Man. Amid the strident cries of nationalism from newly independent nations of Asia and Africa and in the complacently preoccupied provincialism of America's Midwest it is easy to overlook him, but he is there.

Homiletics: Outlines On The Synodical Conference Gospels Second Series, Arthur C. Nitz

Concordia Theological Monthly

Outlines on the Synodical Conference Gospels Second Series

Melanchthon The Churchman, Gilbert A. Thiele

Concordia Theological Monthly

In presenting Melanchthon as churchman we try to erect a little monument to him as a man of and for the church. To assist us in bringing some order into a large mass of fact and interpretation which has been accumulating over four centuries, we have thought it good to distribute our tribute over several areas.

Melanchthon The Theologian, Robert D. Preus

Concordia Theological Monthly

It would seem impossible that the theme "Melanchthon the Theologian," which is as comprehensive as it is indefinite, could be discussed satisfactorily in any brief presentation. The actual purpose and scope of this study is, however, narrower than the rather general theme might indicate. I propose to consider Melanchthon’s contributions to that discipline which is now known as dogmatics, to trace the impact of his systematic bent upon Lutheran theology, to delineate some of his main ideas on theology, and thus to assess him as a theologian.

Theological Observer, John Theodore Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

Theological Observer

Galatians 2:1-10 And The Acts Of The Apostles, Robert G. Hoerber

Concordia Theological Monthly

No doubt the chief crux in the comparison of Paul's Epistle to the Galatians with the Acts of the Apostles is the relating of Gal. 2:1-10 to the account of Acts. To equate Gal. 2:1-10 with Acts 15 raises such serious difficulties in the judgment of many scholars that they have proposed various explanations.

Homiletics: Outlines On The Synodical Conference Gospels Second Series, Kenneth Mahler

Concordia Theological Monthly

Outlines on the Synodical Conference Gospels Second Series

Brief Studies, Holland H. Jones

Concordia Theological Monthly

Luther the Expositor

Luther And Melanchthon, Erwin L. Lueker

Concordia Theological Monthly

Luther speaks directly to us in German language; Melanchthon in Latin. This may have some significance whether or not we agree with Schiller that the "soul of a people is in its language."

"Melanchthon, Christ's Witness" (Editorial Comment), George W. Hoyer

Concordia Theological Monthly

This was the theme of a chapel address with which Prof. Henry W. Reimann introduced the observance at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, on April 19-21, of the quadricentennial of Melanchthon’s death. This issue presents three short papers read at this occasion; others are scheduled for later issues. The papers were not written for publication and are presented substantially as read, along with such documentation as had been added to the papers. Some of the leading thoughts of Professor Reimann's address may fittingly introduce this little symposium.