+ Information for Confess And Teach For Unity's eList Subscribers + You may have noticed a bit of an increase in emails through this list from Repristination Press. There are a couple of reasons for this, and every Confessional Lutheran everywhere should be ecstatic to see this happening.
First, we should all rejoice in the fantastic deals being offered us on outstanding theological works. In the past couple of weeks, the sale on Gerhard's "An Explanation of the History of the Suffering and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ" was a very timely offer, as every Lutheran (and, especially, every pastor) ought to consider this required reading during Lent. At the same time, the sale on David Chytraeus's (a contributor to the Formula of Concord) "A Summary of the Christian Faith" is the sort of thing one ought to have been reading before this "time appointed for the teaching of the Catechism" known as Lent. Chytraeus helps us reign in some radicalism within 'our own camp' with regard to what is or is not 'authentically Lutheran', and is both a good look into the pedagogy of a late-Reformation father and a 'companion volume', in a sense, to Chemnitz's "Examination of the Council of Trent" with regard to certain issues. Second, a part of the reason for offering these discounts and generating revenue *now* is that Repristination Press has so many projects 'in the pipe' right now that could be gotten out to us all if the case were there to enable this to happen. Things that RP used to publish are ready to be reprinted, and completely new additions to the catalogue are ready to roll, as well. ***The book you buy today paves the way for the book you'll want to buy tomorrow.*** When you look at the prices of Repristination Press books, it is amazing that they have kept them so *low.* There is work to be done even on reprinting an old English book, but when you consider the need to pay translators, etc., for the production of newly-translated works, it is amazing that this little publishing house consistently brings things out to us for less than the bigger 'Lutheran' publishers--and those nuggets of gold RP delivers come without the revenue-generating dross of the others. Some may think, "Repristination Press? That's not run by my church body; who are they?" 'Who they are' is the publisher of essential Lutheran works that other publishers won't touch, due to low potential sales or synodico-political ramification...a true independent Lutheran publisher that is committed to Lutheran orthodoxy. It is for these reasons (and more that I'll wish I had included after I hit send) that this list welcomes a 2-3 times per week message from Repristination Press and *strongly encourages you* to buy all that they offer, so that you have a well-rounded and thoroughly Lutheran education, that you may be strengthened always in the true teaching of God's Word. A blessed Lententide to you, EJG * * * * * * * * An Approach to Liturgical 'Style' #4 of 28 * * * * * * * * It is nouns and verbs, not their assistants, that give toughness and color The Rev. Eric J. Stefanski [email protected] The Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America http://ELDoNA.org Confess And Teach For Unity http://www.CAT41.org Lists: [email protected] Holy Trinity Ev.-Luth. Church, Harrison, AR http://www.HolyTrinityLC.com * * * * * Adapted from Strunk & White, ~The Elements of Style~ * * * * * + + + Confess and Teach for Unity <http://www.CAT41.org> + + + The preceding is a message from the Confess and Teach For Unity List Administrator; you are receiving it because you are *or have been* a subscriber to one or more email lists run by Confess and Teach for Unity (CAT41.org). If you are no longer on any CAT 41 list and do not wish to receive such periodic mailings regarding new mail lists and other services, please send ANY note to: [email protected] NOTE: if you are on a CAT 41 list or resubscribe to any CAT 41 list, you will be re-added to this list, as this list is the venue for necessary system notices, etc. To Subscribe, send ANY note to: [email protected] Unless otherwise noted, posts from this list may be forwarded and/or republished via other media, provided they are not altered and list subscription information is included. For any further information or problems in unsubscribing, please contact the list administrator by writing to: MoM [at] lists (dot) cat41 <dot> org
