{"product_id":"luther-discovers-the-gospel-paperback-1","title":"Luther Discovers the Gospel - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUuras Saarnivaara\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the title indicates, this book deals with the question: When did Luther discover the gospel of free justification and salvation, and what did this discovery mean?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eUuras Saarnivaara (1908-1998) was born in Finland, and he received his theological education at the University of Helsinki. After ten years in the parish ministry, he traveled to the United States to teach in the theological seminary of the Suomi Synod (a Finnish-American Lutheran body) in the years 1939-1954. He returned to Finland, where he served several evangelical organizations within the Lutheran Church of Finland in a teaching and preaching capacity. In the 1960s he taught in several seminaries in the Minneapolis MN area, continuing part-time for another decade while working in Finland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Early on, Saarnivaara engaged in Luther studies. The dissertation for his PhD at the University of Chicago (1945), published under the title \u003ci\u003eLuther Discovers the Gospel, \u003c\/i\u003e dealt with Luther's reformation crisis and the dating of it. It received international attention. For a ThD degree from the University of Helsinki (1948) he produced a dissertation on Luther's doctrine of justification, followed by a treatise on Luther's understanding of sanctification. The two latter volumes were written in Finnish. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Saarnivaara was a prolific author, writing on a variety of topics of concern to conservative Lutherans. Most of his books were published in Finland. His English language books are: \u003ci\u003eScriptural Baptism and Luther Discovers the Gospel\u003c\/i\u003e (these two were published in one volume in the Concordia Heritage Series); \u003ci\u003eHath God Said: Who is Right--God or the Liberals?\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eArmageddon--Before and After\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe History of the Laestadian or Apostolic Lutheran Movement in America\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Power of the Keys\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Way the Truth and the Life: The Christian truths of the way of salvation and new life set forth in quotations from the Bible\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lutheran Confession and Martin Luther: Can the Bible be Trusted?\u003c\/i\u003e Some of Saarnivaara's books have also been translated into several other languages.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 6.86 x 5.84 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377586192633,"sku":"9781592441471","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/7K-_f24jxk9781592441471_b8134f20-f541-4e71-b999-b74dbdaa6d0a.webp?v=1770034675","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/luther-discovers-the-gospel-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}