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arnurnrbiu (1Jqrnlugirul ~nut41y Continuing Lehre und Wehre (Vol. LXXVI) Magazin fuer Ev.-Luth. Homiletik (Vol. LIV) Theol. Quarterly (1897-1920) -Theol. Montbly (Vol. X) Vol. I March, 1930 No. 3 CONTENTS Page PIEPER, F.: Der eine Punkt ............................. 161 KRETZlVIANN, P. E.: The Eucharist betwe€in 30 and 325 A. D ................................................ 167 ENGELDER, TH.: Marburg: Der Sieg des Schriftprinzips 183 KEIN ATH, H. O. A.: The Contacts of the Book of Acts with Roman Political Institutions. (Concluded.) ...... 191 LAETSCH, THEO.: Sermon Study for the First Sunday in Lent .......................................... ' ....... 199 Dispositionen ue ber die Eisenacher Evangelienreihe . . . . . .. 208 Theological Observer. ~ Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches. . .... 216 Vermischtes und zeitgeschichtliche Notizen ............... 229 Book Review. -Literatur .................................. 233 Ein Prediger muss nicht allein wtrid.", also dass er die Schafe unterweise, wie sie rechte Ohri.ten IOllen sein, IOndern auch daneben den Woelfen wehr ... , dass sie die Schafe nicht angreifen und mit falocher Lehre verfuehren und Irrtum ein· fuebren. - Lllther. Es ist kein Ding, du die Leute mehr bei der Kirche behaelt, denn die gute Predigt. - Apologie, Art. 13". If the trumpet giTe an uncertain lOund, who .hall prepare hlmoelf to the battle? 1 (Jor. 1.J, 8. Published for the Ev. Luth. Synod of Kissouri, Ohio, and Other States i CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE, St. Louis, Mo. metmtfd)te~ unh aeitllefd)id)tltd)e 91otiaen. 229 tRelioiöfe Union in i~rer )8oUenbung. 5l3on ber ,,~adjridjtenabteilung be~ m!eltfomitee~ ber aeit\lefd,Jid,JtHd,Je lRotiaen. müffen un§j mit feinem föftIidjen ~nijart bertraut madjen. ~e meijr Wir ba§j tun, befto meijr werben wir innewerben, weIdj einen €ldjat wir in unfern f8efenntni§jfdjrifj:en befiten. !moijI wiffen wir, baf3 ein grof3er Unter- fdjieb ift aWifdjen ber ~eiIigen €ldjrifj:, ber f8ibeI, unb ben f8efenntni~fdjrifj:en. ~ie ~eiIige €ldjrifj: ift gana unb gar bom ~eiIigen @eift eingegeben unb barum irrtum§jlo~, audj in 9lebenbingen, audj ba, wo wir fie nidjt betfteijen unb €ldjwierigfeiten, bie fidj un~ beim irorfdjen barin barbieten, nidjt au Iöfen bermögen. ~ie f8efenntni§jfdjrifj:en unferer mrdje ba gegen finb menfdj- Iidjen Urflltung§j, bon imenfdjen berfaf3±' (§§j fönnen fidj baijer in iijnen audj Ungenauigfeiten finben, a. m. in gefdjidjtIidjen ~ngaben, bie fie ent- ijarten, ober in ber ~nwenbung unb ~~Iegung einaeIner, beftimmter f8ibeI- ftellen. ~ber bie .2eijre, bie fie barlegen, ift goIbrein, weil He ~ bem lauteren f8runnen ~taeI§j, a~ ber ~eiIigen €ldjrift, gefdjöllfj: ift. !mir befennen un~ au bem gefarnten .2eijrgeijart unferer f8efenntni~fdjrifj:en, weH wir un~ babon überaeug± ijaben, baf3 berfeIbe mit ber f8ibel übereinftimmt. Unb ba§j, w~ unfere f8efenntniffe auf @tunb ber €ldjrifj: Ieijren, ift unfere ,~offnung'. €lie Ieijren un~, alle§j mertrauen auf eigene !mei~ijeit, irröm- migfeit unb @eredjtigfeit faijren au laffen unb unfere ~offnung gana unb allein au feten auf bie freie @nabe @otte~ in unferm ~(§rrn ~(§fu l2:ijrifto unb auf bie merijeif3ung, Oie un§j @ott im (§bangeIium gegeben ijai. ~~ Ht ba~ stöftIidje an unfern Iutijerifdjen f8denntniffen, baf3 He un§j feften @tunb unter bie irüf3e geben, baf3 fie unfere ~offnung feft beranfern im !mort unb in ber @nabe unfer§j @otte§j. ~atum finb fie audj fein ,ftarre§j .2eijrgefet', fein ,toter f8udjftabe', fonbern f8tunnen mit Iebenbigem !maffer, ba§j unfere €leele labt unb un~ tüdjtig madjt, ijier aI§j redjte l2:ijriften au leben, unfern €ltanb unb f8eruf im ~ienfte @otte§j unb be~ 9liidjften treuIidj ~auridjten, unfer Sh:eua unb alle .2aften unb f8efdjwerben biefe~ .2ebe~ in @ebulb au tragen unb bereinft, wenn unfer €ltünblein remmt, fröijIidj unb feng au fterben in ber fidjeren unb gewiffen ~offnung be~ eWigen .2eben~. @otte~ eWige ~reue wirb un§j tn unfern f8efenntniflen getüijmt unb angellriefen. Unb biefe ewige ~reue unfer~ @otte~ foll un§j bewegen, nun audj treu au fein unb oijne !manfen feftauijaIten am f8efenntni§j ber ~offnung. " ir. \13. !märe e~ nidjt ber tijeoIogifdjen (§denntni~ unb metftänbigung bien- Iidjer, wenn in f8udjanaeigen etwa~ meijr gefagt wütbeV ~m "@eiftefj- farnllf ber @egenwati" Iefen wir bie folgenbe f8udjanaeige: ,,~m merlag bon l2:. f8erte~mann in @üter~Ioij erfdjien: €lteffen, f8ernij.: .streua unb @ewif3ijeit.' (§ine· ijiftorifdj-bogmaiifdje llnterfudjung. (~ritte~ ~eft ber €lgbower f8tuberfdjafj:.) 1929. M.5.50; geb., M. 7. ~m ~in unb ~er ber tijeologifdjen \13roblemaiU ift e~ gut, wenn einmal, Wie e§j ijier gefdjieijt, mit (§rnft unb überaeugenbem 9ladjbrud auf bie ~aifadje ijingewiefen wirb, bie ben djriftridjen @Iauben trägt - ba~ Streua ~rifti. €lteffen geijt babei bon im. Stäijler ~, füijrt iijn aber burdj (§ingeijen auf bie gegen- wärtige .2age an berfdjiebenen \13unften weiter. !mte in~befonbere bie ~eil§j­ geroif3ijeit be§j l2:ijriften mit bem streua ~rifti berbunben bleibt, muf3 man bei bem ~utor feIbft nadjlefen. iman fann nur wünfdjen, baf3 biefe €ldjrifj: bon mögIidjft bielen ~eoIogen unb 9ltdjttijeoIogen gelefen Wirb." (§§j rennte Jura angegeben werben, in weIdjem redjten, b~ ift, bibIifdjen, €linne ba~ Streua l2:ijriftt ben @Iauben trägt. (§~ rennte audj Jura gefagt werben, in weldjem €linne imartin Stäijler ba§j streua l2:ijrifJ;i aum irunbament be~ Book Review. - ~itetatut. 233 ~naulien~ ma~t. @)lienfo fonnte ljinaugefügt werben, in weI~en \l3unften @5teffen IDlarlin ~äljler "weiterfüljrt". mlir fönnen u~ au~ benfen, baf:s bur~ biefe näljeren, wenn au~ nur gana furaen, 2{ngaoen ber !8edauf beil mu~eil ni# geljinbert, fonbern bieImeljr geförbert werben würbe. g:. \l3. Book Review. - 2itertttur. His Gospel of Life, Love, and Light. By Norman B. Harrison, D. D. The Bible Institute Colportage Association, Chicago. 96 pages. • Price, 75 cts. In brief chapters this book treats the outstanding truths of John's gospel account arid of his first epistle. The following quotations are rep- resentative of the Biblical character of the book: "What an anomalous thing it is that the people who tamper with the personality of J esus Christ as the Son of God talk so loudly and glibly of the love of God! Yet they are d.enying the one great manifestation of His love, namely, the giving of His Son to be our Savior - 'born of a woman, born under the Law, that He might redeem them that are under the Law.' Gal. 4, 4. 5. If the Incarnation is not a stupendous reality, if God did not take His very own Son from His eternal glory and 'give' Him, as told in the gospel, then the world is robbed of a priceless p08session, and the Gospel is rendered insipid and impotent. But if indeed He did thus give His Son, such perversions of the truth malign the love of the God of Love. . .. If Love's gift required the Incarnation, the full extent of the gift, going all the way to meet our case and make the rescue, required the cruci1ixion. Bethlehem involved Calvary. To rescue us from perishing, He must perish, the Inno- cent for the guilty. So the high priest unwittingly prophesied: 'It is ex- pedient for us that one man should die for the people and that the whole nation perish not.' John 11, 50. To accomplish this purp08e, Love must give Himself in death. This He did, with the glorious result that we do not need to die .. ,. The great sin is unbelief, because it is a sin against God and His love, because it wounds Him at His heart. For God yearns to bestow eternal life upon men if only they will let Him. The way they let Him is by believing. The way they prevent Him is by unbelief. Our unbelief is sin against Love, against the gracious purposes of Love. It is sin against the remedy Love has brought, against the sharing of God's own nature and life which Love longs to bestow. Unbelief leaves us out- side the pale of His love -leaves us without a remedy." In these days, when the book market is fiooded with modernistic Iiterature, it is a de- light to review a religious book that does not belong to that class. J.H.C.F. The New Testament in the Light of Modern Research. The Haskell Lectures, 1929. By Adolf Deissmann. Doubleday, Doran & Co. 193 pages, 5X7%. Price, $2.00. It is a pity, a fact deeply to be deplored, that a man who stands in the front rank of N ew Testament philologians is almost totally lacking in the understanding of the truths which are so clearly set forth in the