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spring 2026 featured essay: The Dispute over Images between Calvinism and Lutheranism
What does God desire in the Second Commandment?” So reads the ninety-sixth question of the Heidelberg Catechism..
Spring 2026 Featured Book Review
Spring 2026 featured book review United with Christ: Martin Luther and Christian Mysticism By Volker Leppin
Tributes to Mary Jane Haemig
Tributes to Mary Jane Haemig LQ Book Review Editor 2003-2026 In honor of Mary Jane Haemig’s decades of dedicated leadership as our Book Review Editor, Luth
The Published Works of Gerhard O. Forde (1927–2005)
On behalf of Lutheran Quarterly, we here present a comprehensive chronological bibliography of Gerhard Forde’s known publications.
PROMISSIO BOOK LAUNCH IN AUSTRALIA
For an excellent introduction to Oswald Bayer, to his Promissio book and his translator Jeff Silcock, see this one-hour "book launch" video.
Winter 2025 Featured Book Review
One of the most important and illuminating works of modern Luther scholarship is now available in English.
Winter 2025 Featured Essay
winter 2025 Featured Essay Luther’s Marriage in its Theological Setting by Volker Leppin Abstract Luther’s marriage took some of the Reformer’s companion
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Luther's Word Does What Bayer Says
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Last week, preaching on John 9, I found myself lingering over that moment when the man born blind finally meets Jesus face to face: “You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he,” Jesus ...
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Gerhard Forde (1927-2005) is often labeled a church historian or systematic theologian. But underneath all of his writings lurks a model of churchliness and, even more importantly, practicality. His w...
Tributes to Mary Jane Haemig - Lutheran Quarterly
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In honor of Mary Jane Haemig's decades of dedicated leadership as our Book Review Editor, Lutheran Quarterly has given an array of LQ Books to an