Friends of the Law: Luther's Use of the Law for the Christian Life
For more than a century, each generation of scholars has produced a definitive study that redefines our understanding of Luther s signature teaching on the uses of the law . Edward Engelbrecht's impressive new title is the definitive study for our generation. It reflects a masterful command of all of Luther s writings on point, and of the place of Luther's teachings on all three uses of the law in the classical and Christian tradition. Crisply written, meticulously documented, and conveniently presented in short chapters, with useful tables and appendices, this is now the go-to book for scholars, students, and pastors alike.--John Witte, Jr., Emory University - Author of Law and Protestantism: The Leagel Teaching of the Lutheran ReformationEngelbrecht forces the reader to face the fact that . . . a modernist confessional theology . . . dismisses the law as oppressive.Walter Sundberg, Ph.D.Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MNA corrective to often unbalanced understandings of Law and Gospel.Jeffrey K. Mann, Ph.D.Susquehanna UniversityFriends of the Law will be of interest to Luther scholars, parish pastors, and parishioners.Daniel E. Lee, Ph.D.Augustana CollegeEngelbrecht . . . shows that Luther maintained a third use of the law.Prof. Mark Mattes, Ph.D.Grand View UniversityAn important contribution . . . An eminent ecumenical study.Franz Posset, Ph.D.Author of The Real LutherDemonstrates convincingly that Luther taught the so-called third use of the law. --Prof. John Brug, Ph.D.Wisconsin Lutheran SeminaryEngelbrecht forces the reader to face the fact that . . . a modernist confessional theology . . . dismisses the law as oppressive.Walter Sundberg, Ph.D.Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MNA corrective to often unbalanced understandings of Law and Gospel.Jeffrey K. Mann, Ph.D.Susquehanna UniversityFriends of the Law will be of interest to Luther scholars, parish pastors, and parishioners.Daniel E. Lee, Ph.D.Augustana CollegeEngelbrecht . . . shows that Luther maintained a third use of the law.Prof. Mark Mattes, Ph.D.Grand View UniversityAn important contribution . . . An eminent ecumenical study.Franz Posset, Ph.D.Author of The Real LutherDemonstrates convincingly that Luther taught the so-called third use of the law.Prof. John Brug, Ph.D.Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary --Various