Journal of Lutheran Mission – September 2016

Throughout time, the Church continues to reform and repent, dialogue and discern. This issue focuses on the community of believers who call themselves Lutheran and the confession they make as a result.

Download PDF

Read on issuu.com

Table of Contents

From the President: Ecumenical and Mission Opportunities and Blessings — by Matthew C. Harrison

LCMS, LCC and NALC Leaders Release Joint Statement on Scripture

God’s Word Forever Shall Abide: A Guiding Statement on the Character and Proper Use of the Sacred Scriptures

Interchurch Relationships of the LCMS — by Albert B. Collver III and Darin Storkson

Reformation Then and Now: Ecclesia Semper Reformanda — by Werner Klän

The First Lutheran Congregation: 1566–1585 and Beyond — by Gijsbertus van Hattem

Mission as Nota Eccesiae?: Testing the Scope of Augsburg Confession 7 and 8 — by Klaus Detlev Schulz

A Review and Comment of The Self-Understanding of the Lutheran Communion — by Albert B. Collver III

Rejoice: The Church Is Built on the Rock — by Berhanu Ofgaa

A Theological Statement for Mission in the 21st Century — by Matthew C. Harrison

Book Review: Afraid: Demon Possession and Spiritual Warfare in America — by Leonard Astrowski

Book Review: Build on the Foundation of the Apostles and Prophets: Sola Scriptura in Context — by Brian Flamme

Book Review: Martin Luther: Preacher of the Cross — A Study of Luther’s Pastoral Theology — by Ely Preto

Book Review: Becoming a Level Five Multiplying Church: Field Guide — by Tim Droegemueller

Book Review: Feasting in a Famine of the Word: Lutheran Preaching in the Twenty-First Century — by Joshua C. Miller