Hi, I am your host, Wayne Almlie. On this blog I will post material from some of the older Lutheran books I've been able to get my hands on. I have found several books mostly from before 1960 that show a different kind of Lutheranism than what we have today. I started this blog with a book on Hans Neilsen Hauge called "A Short Account of the Life and Work of Hauge" by C. Brohaugh written in 1890. You need to go to May 2th 2009 to start reading the book or you can go to http://www.haugean.com/ and read or download the book in PDF. I have already posted several other books so feel free to go and check them out. I finished Pastor Forces Book, "Our Refuge and Strength" and I have posted it at http://www.haugean.com/page39.php .
The next project I am going to work on is a book by C.K Solberg entitled Scriptual Evangelism.
The Lutheran Church has forgetten how to evangelize, it didn't use to be so. The Lutheran Bible School Movement emphasized evangelism. The Hauge Inermission and the LEM were involved in evangelistic work. But today we have lost our way. I think we need to look back at those old dead guys and figure out what they knew that we have forgotten. I think this book is a good starting place. This is a book about Lutheran Evangelism?
I hope you will read it and consider it's challenge. Keep in mind that in blog format you need to find the beginning of the stream to start reading.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Hello Wayne, This is a nice blog and I was redirected from a nice website. I just read the short book you posted about Hauge. Great little book, I had read about him in European Lutheranism and it was nice to get some more detail. I was curious if you had any of his literature in English or knew where to get it?
ReplyDeleteGod's Peace
Jonathan M
Hi, Jonathan,
DeleteThanks for the kind words. Although I feel bad because I have been neglecting this blog. I hope you've checked out haugean.com where I have posted several haugean type books. Unfortunately several books have been written about Hauge, but I have not been able to find any written by him that have been translated to English. I am planning a trip to Norway in 2013, am trying to learn some Norweigian, If I can learn it well enough I may try to translate some of them myself if I live long enough.
Grace and Peace
Wayne