How Have You Benefited From Lutheran Literature?

[Myson]

Amazon keeps suggesting Concordia publishing stuff in my cart, and I've always had a soft spot for Lutheranism. The stuff they suggest is on 2 Kingdoms, culture, manhood, vocation, discipleship, and the cross. From my (limited) understanding, so long as I steer clear from sacraments, worship, and the Law, they're pretty solid. Have any of you benefited from Lutheran resources and not just Luther himself? If so, how? And what would be the best to look into first?

 

[RamistThomist]

I enjoyed Preus's Prolegomena on Lutheran theology. And Chemnitz on the Council of Trent is pretty good.

 

[ZackF]

Luther himself. Bondage of the will.
Gene Veith’s work on vocation.

 

[Tom Hart]

Luther's good reading. His Commentary on Galatians is free on Kindle (although it is abridged).

 

[py3ak]

There are Biblical commentaries of considerable value -- e.g, Deliztsch, Leupold, Concordia Commentaries. If you read Johann Gerhard you'd have no choice but to learn a great deal. Pieper's discussions in his Dogmatics volumes I have found to be quite crisp and clear.

 

[RamistThomist]

King Gustavus Adolphus is one of my heroes. He nearly singlehandedly kept the Inquisition from overrunning Europe at the Battle of Breitenfeld.

 

[Ed Walsh]

Richard Lenski. Especially his commentaries on the Gospels. He has become my go-to expositor. Then I look at others.

 

[KSon]

I've benefited from Chemnitz's The Two Natures In Christ, save the parts defending the Lutheran view of the Supper. Also, I've benefited from Pieper's Christian Dogmatics. As with Chemnitz (or Gerhard, the other of the post-Luther/Melancthon "big three"), you know from which perspective he is writing, but in areas in which we are all agreed Pieper writes with a clarity, particularly when expounded on complicated themes, that I find quite helpful.

 

[hammondjones]

I have not read it, but I have heard that Ole Hallesby's book Prayer is excellent

 

[Deleted member 6112]

King Gustavus Adolphus is one of my heroes. He nearly singlehandedly kept the Inquisition from overrunning Europe at the Battle of Breitenfeld.

Rob McCurley did a biographical address on Adolphus: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=53141156280

 

[RamistThomist]

Rob McCurley did a biographical address on Adolphus: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=53141156280

I don't think I've listened to that one. Thanks.

 

[Unworthy_Servant]

There are Biblical commentaries of considerable value -- e.g, Deliztsch, Leupold, Concordia Commentaries. If you read Johann Gerhard you'd have no choice but to learn a great deal. Pieper's discussions in his Dogmatics volumes I have found to be quite crisp and clear.

Which works by Johann Gerhard would you recommend reading?

 

[py3ak]

Which works by Johann Gerhard would you recommend reading?

His Sacred Meditations are probably the most accessible place to begin.

 

[Shanny01]

Has anybody here read fully any Lutheran Dogmatic works whether it be Pieper, Chemnitz, or Gerhard? Which would be the best for understanding Lutheranism?