Making Sense of Martin Luther uses a conversational format to explore how Luther's dynamic understanding of God's life-changing gospel informs day-to-day faith and life in the world today
Chapter 1: The Reluctant Reformer-Introducing "the Monk Who Changed the World";
Chapter 2: Freedom! Justification by Grace through Faith
Chapter 3: The Present-Tense God-Law and Gospel
Chapter 4: The Ambidextrous God-The Two Kingdoms and God's Ongoing Work in the World
Chapter 5: Called for Good-Vocation, Sinning Boldly, and the Respiratory System of the Body of Christ
Chapter 6: God Hidden and Revealed-Luther's Theology of the Cross and the Sacraments
Chapter 7: Semper Simul-Sin, Forgiveness, and "Becoming Christian";
Accompanying leader guide and DVD will be available in December 2017.
David J. Lose is senior pastor at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the author of Preaching at the Crossroads (2013), and the Making Sense book series, including Making Sense of Martin Luther (2017), Making Sense of the Cross (2011), Making Sense of the Christian Faith (2010), and Making Sense of Scripture (2009). He speaks widely in the United States and abroad on preaching, Christian faith in a postmodern world, and biblical interpretation.