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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.
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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