Fortress Press

Addiction and Recovery: A Spiritual Pilgrimage

Martha Postlethwaite (Author)

In Addiction and Recovery: A Spiritual Pilgrimage, Martha Postlethwaite—pastor of The Recovery Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a person in recovery—reflects on her pilgrimage...

"After Ten Years": Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Our Times

Victoria J. Barnett (Author)

How does one read the signs of the times? What does it mean to resist? How do we engage faithfully in struggle? Dietrich Bonhoeffer has achieved iconic status as one who epitomizes what it means to struggle and resist tyranny and fascism and how one acts in faithful witness as a religious and political commitment. Bonhoeffer’s witness and example is more relevant than ever. A testimony to that is a crucial essay penned by Bonhoeffer in 1942; “After Ten Years” is a succinct and sober reflection, and remains one of the best descriptions ever written about what happened to the German people under National Socialism. This volume presents this timely and unique essay in a fresh translation and a penetrating introduction and analysis of the importance of this essay—in Bonhoeffer’s time and now in our own.

Digital Homiletics: The Theology and Practice of Online Preaching

Sunggu A. Yang (Author)

Digital Homiletics demystifies the art of online preaching and helps readers understand both the why and the how of engaging listeners in digital formats. After laying a concise and accessible theological foundation, Yang shares ten methods for effective digital preaching. Readers will find concrete tips and advice for sharing God's word online.

The Augsburg Confession: Renewing Lutheran Faith and Practice

Timothy J. Wengert (Author)

The Augsburg Confession is the single most-important confession of faith among Lutherans today. However, it is often taught either from a historical perspective or from a dogmatic one. Timothy J. Wengert situates the history and the theology of this document within the practice and life of faith and so shows just how relevant the Confession's witness is for today's Lutheran parishes and their leaders.

1 Chronicles

Ralph W. Klein (Author)

This commentary takes full advantage of recent advances in the textual history of Samuel and Kings, demonstrating in many cases that the differences often...

The Annotated Luther, Volume 4: Pastoral Writings

Mary Jane Haemig (Editor)

Volume 4 of The Annotated Luther series presents an array of Martin Luther’s writings related to pastoral work, including sermons, hymns, letters, writings on prayer and the Christian life, as well as his widely used Small Catechism. 

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

Steven D. Paulson (Author)

In this second of three volumes addressing Luther's outlaw God, Steven D. Paulson uses several biblical figures to illustrate Luther's understanding of law and gospel and what this means for preaching. With remarkable depth and clarity Paulson explores the question: Where do we find a gracious God? Luther's answer was: not in the law! Where then? Only in the publicly executed and hated God, Jesus Christ, hidden in the cross.

They Don't Come with Instructions: Cries, Wisdom, and Hope for Parenting Children with Developmental Challenges

Hollie M. Holt-Woehl (Author)

Hollie M. Holt-Woehl offers insights for the journey with a developmentally challenged child. As the mother of a son with an autism diagnosis, she also offers ways to keep hope.

The book focuses on the challenges of parenting children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD), and/or Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS).

Readers who seek to understand what it is like to live with a developmentally challenged child will appreciate Holt-Woehl's down-to-earth and compassionate approach.

The Freedom of a Christian, 1520: The Annotated Luther Study Edition

Timothy J. Wengert (Editor)

Timothy J. Wengert skillfully sheds light on Luther's popular treatise. As controversy concerning his writings grew, Luther wrote a reconciliation-minded letter to Pope Leo X (1475-1521). To this letter he appended a nonpolemical tract describing the heart of his beliefs, The Freedom of a Christian.

The Small Catechism, 1529: The Annotated Luther Study Edition

Timothy J. Wengert (Author), Mary Jane Haemig (Editor)

Timothy J. Wengert provides detailed background into the development of Luther's popular Small Catechism, which began with Luther's early sermon series on the Ten Commandments,...

The Wittenberg Concord: Creating Space for Dialogue

Gordon A. Jensen (Author)

One of the mostly forgotten gems of the sixteenth century Reformations is the Wittenberg Concord. Signed in 1536 by representatives of evangelical southern German imperial...

Life Together: Reader's Edition

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Author), Geffrey B. Kelly (Author of the Introduction), Victoria J. Barnett (Editor), Daniel W. Bloesch (Translator)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer bequeathed to humanity a legacy of theological creativity and spirituality that continues to intrigue people from a variety of backgrounds. Life Together gathers Bonhoeffer’s 1938 reflections on the character of Christian community, based on the common life that he and his seminarians experienced at the Finkenwalde Seminary.  

Little Prayer Book, 1522 and A Simple Way to Pray, 1535: The Annotated Luther Study Edition

Mary Jane Haemig (Editor), Eric Lund (Editor)

This volume provides two of Martin Luther’s most significant writings on prayer. In Little Prayer Book, 1522, Luther seeks to reform the theology and practice...

Psalms 3: A Commentary on Psalms 101-150, Hermeneia series

Frank Lothar Hossfeld (Author), Erich Zenger (Author), Klaus Baltzer (Editor), Linda M. Maloney (Translator)

In this "meticulous" commentary, "brilliantly" translated by Linda M. Maloney (Review of Biblical Literature), Hossfeld and Zenger provide for each psalm a...

Face to Face: Martin Luther's View of Reality

Robert Kolb (Author)

Kolb explores Luther's use of the Latin preposition coram - "face-to-face" - to demonstrate the foundational role of relationships in Luther's thought. For Luther, believers, fundamentally rooted in their relationship with the Creator of every person and thing, experience all of life's realities in relationship: with God, self, and others.

Acts: A Commentary

Richard I. Pervo (Author), Harold W. Attridge (Editor)

The Acts of the Apostles joins the Gospel of Luke with the ministry of Paul. Renowned New Testament scholar Richard I. Pervo shows how this masterful...

Psalms 2: A Commentary on Psalms 51-100

Frank Lothar Hossfeld (Author), Erich Zenger (Author), Klaus Baltzer (Editor), Linda M. Maloney (Translator)

This newest contribution to the acclaimed Hermeneia series provides in-depth analysis of Psalms 51-100. It is volume 2 of a three-volume work; volume 3...

Theology in the Capitalocene: Ecology, Identity, Class, and Solidarity

Joerg Rieger (Author), Ashley John Moyse (Editor), Scott A. Kirkland (Editor)

Joerg Rieger takes a new look at the things that cause the growing destruction and death of people and the planet. And yet, understanding is only a start. Solidarity and the willingness to work at the intersections--the triad of gender, race, class, and more--must mark the work of theology.

Judges 1: A Commentary on Judges 1:1 – 10:5

Mark S. Smith (Author), Elizabeth M. Bloch-Smith (Author)

This groundbreaking volume presents a new translation and detailed interpretation of the book of Judges, drawing on archaeology and iconography, textual versions, biblical parallels, and extrabiblical texts, as well as a thorough review of modern scholarship. Full literary and redactional analyses are included. Notably, archaeology is used to show how a story of the Iron II period employed visible ruins to narrate supposedly early events from the so-called "period of the Judges."

The Freedom of a Christian: Luther Study Edition

Martin Luther (Author), Mark D. Tranvik (Editor)

Perhaps no work of Martin Luther's so captures the revolutionary zeal and theological boldness of his vision as The Freedom of a Christian. Yet, it is not...