Psalms of the Faithful

Psalms of the FaithfulThe Psalms forced Martin Luther to change how he read the Bible. In Psalms of the Faithful Brian German shows us Luther's reappraisal of the plain sense of Scripture. By following the canonical shaping of the Psalter, Luther refined his interpretive principles into a more finely grained hermeneutic. Luther inspires us to read the Psalms empathetically with ancient Israelites and early church fathers. He stirs us up to join the "faithful synagogue" in

offering a fresh

The book first summarizes the nature and necessity of theological thinking and discusses theological method

Jesus as the Second Adam

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assuming no prior academic study of the Bible

Informed by the author's research and his experience leading tours to ancient sites

The Triune God transfers us from darkness to light

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While many scholars have interpreted his teaching as criticizing legalism

transforming our mission into social action (Pelagianism)

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Jesus' ethics and theology can be properly understood only in the light of first-century Jewish teachings