Author(s):
Johann Gerhard
Publisher:
Concordia Publishing House
Year Published:
2003
Number of Pages:
144
Media Type:
Printed Book, Hard-Bound
This small volume of devotional prayers—a translation of a book of 45 prayers—was penned by Johann Gerhard (1582-1637), a prolific writer, professor, pastor, and one of the great Lutheran theologians during the golden age of Lutheran Orthodoxy, while he was in his early twenties.
When you see the beauty and eloquence of these prayers, you will realize there are few people these days of any age that can write or pray like this.
Each prayer is a masterful exercise in the interplay of Law and Gospel, always ending on the ringing note of pure faith and hope in Christ. Unlike many collections of prayers and meditations by Puritan and Reformed theologians, these prayers are not dour forays into self-mortification, but hopeful, faithful confessions of sin and joyous reliance on the grace of God in Christ.
This is a real gem and a favorite here at NRP.
