Gerhard O Forde: 4 books
The Essential Forde
Distinguishing Law and Gospel
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019
No twentieth-century American understood Luther's law-gospel distinction better than Gerhard O. Forde, who was professor of theology at Luther Theological Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Because Forde kept this Lutheran distinction razor sharp, his theological writings are an essential inheritance...
A More Radical Gospel
Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Gerhard O. Forde has stood at the forefront of Lutheran thought for most of his career. This new collection of essays and sermons—many previously unpublished— makes Forde's powerful theological vision more widely available.
The book aptly captures Forde's deep Lutheran commitment. Here...
The Captivation of the Will
Luther vs. Erasmus on Freedom and Bondage
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
The Captivation of the Will provocatively revisits a perennial topic of controversy: human free will. Highly esteemed Lutheran thinker Gerhard O. Forde cuts to the heart of the subject by reexamining the famous debate on the will between Luther and Erasmus. Following a substantial introduction by...
The Preached God
Proclamation in Word and Sacrament
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
The Preached God speaks directly to preachers, calling them to deliver the truths of forgiveness, life, and salvation through both word and sacrament to all who listen.