Luther's Outlaw God - Volume 2: Hidden in the Cross

In this second of three volumes addressing Luther's outlaw God, Steven D. Paulson uses several biblical figures (Ezekiel, Jonah, Moses, David, and more) to illustrate Luther's understanding of law and gospel what this means for preaching. Paulson shows that the challenge of all preaching is revealing God's actual grace without using the law at all. The gospel is what freed Luther from thinking of the world as split into two: an obscure world where law accuses and a magical world where the law blesses. With remarkable depth and clarity, Paulson explores the question: Where do we find a gracious God? For Luther, it was not in the law, but only in the publicly executed and hated God, Jesus Christ, hidden in the cross.

About the author

Steven D. Paulson is professor of systematic theology at Luther House of Study, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He is an ordained pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Product details

• Authors: Steven D Paulson, Steven D. Paulson
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781506458533
• ISBN: 978-1-5064-5853-3
• No. of pages: 410
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 228 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 634 g
• Series: Lutheran Quarterly Books
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations