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Book Review: Debating the Sacraments

Book Review: Debating the Sacraments

When Lutheran seminarians learn about the controversy over the Lord’s Supper, it normally features Luther as protagonist and Zwingli as antagonist in a debate concerning the literal interpretation of the words of institution, all playing out in the public forum of 1529’s Marburg Colloquy. In her most recent book, Amy Nelson Burnett offers an alternative view …

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Issue 29-2 Death & Dying

Issue 29-2 Death & Dying

Until the last enemy is destroyed (1 Cor 15:26) death will remain a reality for the people of God. Death is, on the one hand, the enemy of the Christian. It is, on the other hand, an enemy that God turns to the good of his people, leading them through death to eternal rest. Blessed indeed are the dead, for they rest from their labors (Rev. 14:3).

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