God Grant It

by C.F.W. Walther

This is a translation of the collection of lectionary-based devotions for the entire church taken from Walther's sermons and published by CPH in 1894. The translation aims to retain particular relevance for modern readers. Beginning with the first week of Advent, God Grant It provides a daily devotion for each day in the year, placing particular significance on the church year. Through these classic sermons of Walther, the modern reader will be reminded that God's mercies are new every day, that His mercies are ours by the work of our Lord Jesus Christ. Translated into modern English, these readings are intended to encourage the laity, as well as pastors, and affirm them in their daily lives as redeemed children of God. Each devotion is accompanied by a Scripture reference and a hymn verse. The daily devotion will take less than ten minutes to read.

Genres: Nonfiction

930 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2006

About the author

Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther was the first President of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod and its most influential theologian. He is commemorated by that church on its Calendar of Saints on May 7.

Reviews

[Melanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

My husband and I have been working through this book for many months. The richness and depth of these excerpts from C.F.W. Walther shortened into devotion format cut to the heart and leave no stone unturned to our need for a savior. However, I found this book crushing. In many devotions the Gospel is sorely lacking. This does a great disservice to the original sermons the excerpts are taken from which match or supercede Gospel to law. If this was my first experience with Walther, I would have found him an insufferable preacher. As it is, we have moved on to reading through the Bible again before moving into another theologian's work.

[Rev James]

Excellent source of some of Walther's sermons, the topics and biblical passages he preached on. Great source for Lutheran preaching and doctrine.