We must also lessen the number of theological books, and choose the best; for it is not the number of books that make the learned man; nor much reading, but good books often read, however few, make a man learned in the Scriptures and pious. – Martin Luther

Intuitu Fidei Election In View of Faith by Schmidt Lenski and Gohdes

Intuitu Fidei Election In View of Faith by Schmidt Lenski and Gohdes

Calvinism's "doctrines of grace" make unconditional election the first cause of a person's salvation. In contrast, the Book of Concord places "justification by faith" at the center of orthodox Christianity. In 1881 Missouri Synod president C. F. W. Walther split the Synodical Conference by insisting that "faith foreseen by God flows from election". This book examines the Lutheran symbols, their writers and early teachers to see if they teach election in foresight of faith.

11 Apr 2018
Theosophy and New Thought by Henry Clay Sheldon

Theosophy and New Thought by Henry Clay Sheldon

Much of Evangelical religion is what used to be called New Thought. In this small, easy to digest book, Rev. Sheldon makes the important connections between the ideas of Madame Blavatsky's Theosophy, Ralph Waldo Emerson's New Thought and what passes as mainstream Christianity today.

04 Apr 2018
The Story of My Life by Matthias Loy

The Story of My Life by Matthias Loy

"The history of the Church confirms and illustrates the teachings of the Bible, that yielding little by little leads to yielding more and more, until all is in danger; and the tempter is never satisfied until all is lost. It seems but a small concession that we are asked to make when an article of our confession is represented as a stumbling block to many Christians which ought therefore in charity to be removed, but surrendering that article would only lead to the surrender of another on the same ground, and that is the beginning of the end; the authority of the inspired Word of our Lord is gradually undermined.

20 Mar 2018
Luther Examined and Reexamined by William H T Dau (1864-1944)

Luther Examined and Reexamined by William H T Dau (1864-1944)

"An attempt is made in these pages to review the principal charges and arguments of Roman Catholic critics of Luther. This book is frankly polemical. It had to be, or there would have been no need of writing it. It seeks to meet both the assertions and the spirit of Luther's Roman Catholic critics. A review ought to be a mirror, and mirrors must reflect. But there is no malice in the author's effort."

16 Mar 2018
My Dogs in the Northland by Egerton Ryerson Young

My Dogs in the Northland by Egerton Ryerson Young

It was a marvelous transition from that country parsonage where the joyous bark of a canine friend, "The first to welcome, the foremost to defend," was never heard, to the wild adventurous life in the Northland. There, in the first business transaction with my predecessor, I was told that there were a dozen dogs and puppies of Huskie breed, outside, anxious to make my acquaintance! The man who as a boy had peremptorily been refused the possession of the smallest puppy now entered into the ownership of a pack of cunning rascals who were quite competent to test his patience and sharpen his wits.

13 Mar 2018
The Conflict Of Fundamentalism And Modernism by Leander Keyser

The Conflict Of Fundamentalism And Modernism by Leander Keyser

What do PCA pastor Tim Keller, ELCA presiding bishop Elizabeth Eaton, and ELCA minister Nadia Bolz-Weber have in common? In this short book, Dr. Leander Keyser identifies the major characteristics which differentiate "modernists" from orthodox Christianity.

06 Mar 2018
The Baptism of Children by Emanuel Greenwald

The Baptism of Children by Emanuel Greenwald

In many localities our members live in the midst of those denominations who oppose the Baptism of children, and they need aid to enable them to defend themselves from attack, as well as to strengthen their own convictions of truth and duty. Such aid, it is hoped, this little manual will afford, which is prepared with special reference to their needs.

22 Feb 2018
The Doctrine of Justification by Matthias Loy

The Doctrine of Justification by Matthias Loy

"This great doctrine of the sinner's justification by faith in the Redeemer of the world, who lived and suffered and died to save our lost race, is the very soul of the supernatural revelation given in Holy Scripture. But it is, therefore, also the doctrine against which the attacks of Satan are mainly directed, and against which the world and the flesh most obstinately array themselves.

22 Feb 2018
Gospel Truths: Presenting Christ and the Christian Life by John Edwin Whitteker

Gospel Truths: Presenting Christ and the Christian Life by John Edwin Whitteker

"This little volume of sermons has been prepared in response to repeated appeals from the people who heard them from the pulpit. With some slight discrimination, they have been chosen from a cabinet of upwards of two thousand discourses.

13 Feb 2018
Practical Reflections on the Book of Ruth by Rev. M. C. Horine

Practical Reflections on the Book of Ruth by Rev. M. C. Horine

"The Bible is a perennial fountain which sends out a continuous stream of living water to refresh the thirsting souls of weary men... The book of Ruth is one of the brightest gems of sacred biography. it abounds in beautiful, touching and interesting incidents, and while it charms and pleases the reader, it at the same time instructs and improves him."

10 Feb 2018
The Victory of Faith – Lutheran Meditations for the Lenten Season by Rev. John Henry Harms

The Victory of Faith – Lutheran Meditations for the Lenten Season by Rev. John Henry Harms

We might get the idea that our Master was always in retreat, passively enduring His hostilities, always on the defense, never driving onward to the attack. Yet all the time He was sweeping on in victory, reaching for His crown, which was a cross.

04 Feb 2018
Life and Teachings of Theodore E. Schmauk – by George W. Sandt (1854-1931)

Life and Teachings of Theodore E. Schmauk – by George W. Sandt (1854-1931)

Lutheranism clings to God's Written Word. Her motto is the Word of God, the whole Word of God, and nothing but the Word of God, not as a prescriptive letter, but as the power of God unto salvation.

25 Jan 2018
Prepare to Meet Thy God by Simon Peter Long, (1860-1929)

Prepare to Meet Thy God by Simon Peter Long, (1860-1929)

We must not get angry at the dead because they do not move, nor must we let those who are ignorant of God's Word perish in their sins.

23 Jan 2018
The Way Made Plain by Simon Peter Long, (1860-1929)

The Way Made Plain by Simon Peter Long, (1860-1929)

God is Judge, and on the great Judgment Day he will not try to save you. There is no chance there for Holy Baptism; there is no chance there for catechetical instruction; there is no chance there for deliberation about what you must do to be saved. The Judgment Day will not convert people, it will only let the whole world know who was converted, who was regenerated. The Judgment Day will simply state the facts that have been long before.

19 Jan 2018
My experiences in the mission field of South Dakota during the years 1892-1897 by Frank Albert Kiess, (1867-1942)

My experiences in the mission field of South Dakota during the years 1892-1897 by Frank Albert Kiess, (1867-1942)

A young couple, with their first baby, were visiting the young mother's parents who lived a few miles from their home. On their way home they were over taken by a blizzard. After the young man had turned his team loose he began to pile heaps of snow around the box sled, covered his wife up well, she holding the little baby girl close to her bosom. The young man even took off his fur coat and spread it over wife and child and then to keep the wind from blowing the covers off laid on top of it...

18 Jan 2018
The Anti-Lutheran Theology of Dr. S. S. Schmucker by James Allen Brown (1821-1882)

The Anti-Lutheran Theology of Dr. S. S. Schmucker by James Allen Brown (1821-1882)

Suffice it to say that faith is faith, and not obedience, or love or delight in God, or any other distinct grace or virtue. Nor does the Bible say being justified by obedience, or love, or delight, or good works, but 'being justified by faith, we have peace with God.'

08 Jan 2018
Life Reminiscences of an Old Lutheran Minister by John Gottlieb Morris (1803-1895)

Life Reminiscences of an Old Lutheran Minister by John Gottlieb Morris (1803-1895)

When I entered the ministry in 1826, what is called distinctive Lutheranism was not a subject of thought, much less of discussion. A few of the older clergy were probably orthodox on the sacraments, but they gave themselves no trouble about bringing their views prominently forward. Sometimes, owing to adverse associations, my faith was shaken, for at first it was not very firm; but when I got beyond the influence of living teachers, and began independent examination, the old Scripture doctrine would come back with double force.

06 Jan 2018
Churches And Sects Of Christendom by J. L. Neve

Churches And Sects Of Christendom by J. L. Neve

The Christian religion has been called a way of life. It is indeed a way of life, but it is at the same time a way of faith and a way of thought. If it should cease to be a way of thought, it would soon cease to be a way of life.

28 Dec 2017
The true philosopher and other cat tales by Peggy Bacon

The true philosopher and other cat tales by Peggy Bacon

Once there was a philosopher and he had nothing in the whole world but his cat and his philosophy. He had pawned his last book and eaten his last battercake and been ejected by his last landlady; so tucking his cat under his arm in a position which he and the cat knew to be comfortable, he started bravely off down the king's high-way, and being a young philosopher he whistled a tune...

26 Dec 2017
Dixie Kitten by Eva March Tappan

Dixie Kitten by Eva March Tappan

There were piles of hay and straw, there were bags of grain, there were rakes and spades and wheelbarrows, there was a carriage, and there was a sleigh. Dixie climbed up one of the shafts of the sleigh and stretched out her paw to touch a bell. She only wanted to see what it was...

26 Dec 2017
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