Fortress Press

Gospel Sermons for Children: Gospels, Series A

Gospel Sermons for Children introduces sixty new children's sermons featuring gospel messages and interactive activities that help children learn as they...

The Collected Sermons of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Author), Isabel Best (Editor)

Preaching, according to Bonhoeffer, is like offering an apple to a child. The gospel is proclaimed, but for it to be received as gift depends on whether or not the hearer is in a position to do so...

Freedom and Imagination: Trusting Christ in an Age of Bad Faith

S. D. Giere (Author)

Freedom and Imagination recovers faith as the theological heart of the human being's participation in the life of God, and imagination as faith's interpretive lens. Three areas of ministry and life are explored through the imagination of faith: biblical interpretation, proclamation, and Christian freedom.

Blessing and Beseeching: Seventy Prayers Inspired by the Scriptures

Gail Ramshaw (Author)

Collected here are seventy new prayers that grew from Gail Ramshaw's close reading of the Bible in the quietest months of the pandemic. Surprises and riches are found on every page. By turns bold and humble, universal and deeply personal, Ramshaw's poetry in prayer will inspire individual reflection and enrich public worship settings alike.

Mark: Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries

David Schnasa Jacobsen (Author/Editor)

The author draws together the strengths of two exegetical approaches to the Gospel of Mark in this volume. With liturgical sensitivity and exegetical skill, Jacobsen here provides a unique preaching resource that will build biblical literacy by assisting both preachers and listeners in understanding Mark's Gospel as narrative-theological whole, not just as a collection of loosely related stories.

The Everyday Advocate: Living Out Your Calling to Social Justice

Ross Murray (Author)

In The Everyday Advocate, Ross Murray encourages Christians to discern their call to advocate for justice and shows them how to respond faithfully by taking practical steps in everyday life. He also shows faith leaders how to help people think through their calling to advocacy and connect with communities that can use their passions and talents.

Becoming an Anti-Racist Church: Journeying toward Wholeness

Joseph Barndt (Author)

Martin Luther King's observation that 11 a.m. on Sunday is the most segregated hour of the week remains all too true. Christians addressing racism in American...

Grief: Contemporary Theory and the Practice of Ministry

Melissa M. Kelley (Author)

The experience of grief has been a source of intrigue and curiosity throughout history, and it continues to stimulate thought and theory in various fields of...

To Mend the World: A New Vision for Youth Ministry

Jason Lief (Author), Kurt Rietema (Author)

To Mend the World: A New Vision for Youth Ministry, based on the premise that the old models of ministry are no longer working, brings together practical theology, Christian ministry, and social entrepreneurship to offer a thoughtful, robust theological perspective and practical insights for youth ministry that will thrive into the future.

Life Unsettled: A Scriptural Journey for Wilderness Times

Cory Pechan Driver (Author)

The metaphor of wilderness journeying and the biblical book of Numbers take center stage in Cory Driver's creative account of life in wilderness times, a hallmark metaphor for the life of faith. The author combines the study of biblical texts, ancient Jewish legends, modern theological insights, and his own personal journeys to provide a guide for moving forward when we feel lost and confused. It includes a discussion guide ideal for group use.

Understanding and Dismantling Racism: The Twenty-First Century Challenge to White America

Joseph Barndt (Author)

More than 15 years have passed since Joe Barndt wrote his influential and widely acclaimed Dismantling Racism (1991, Augsburg Books). He has now written a...

4D Formation: Exploring Vocation in Community

Drew Tucker (Author)

In 4D Formation: Exploring Vocation in Community, Drew Tucker builds on his definition of vocation as "meaningful, life-giving work for the world" to equip vocational explorers with the confidence and skills to examine, clarify, and affirm their purpose and identity, and ultimately to experience God's presence in and purpose for their lives.

Storycraft: The Art of Spiritual Narrative

Walter Wangerin Jr. (Author)

In Storycraft: The Art of Spiritual Narrative, celebrated author Walter Wangerin Jr. illustrates the power of well-told stories and shows how important embracing story is as an essential tool for preaching and teaching the gospel. The book offers a theology of story that is profoundly incarnational as the Word takes on flesh in practiced speech.

Liberating Youth from Adolescence

Jeremy Paul Myers (Author)

Liberating youth through theological reflection on vocation Jeremy Paul Myers, a seasoned expert in youth and family ministry, calls the church to challenge the dominant...

Beyond Maintenance to Mission: A Theology of the Congregation

Craig L. Nessan (Author)

Here, in a newly revised edition, is a powerful and pertinent guide for congregations wanting to move away from 'maintenance thinking' to powerful, creative...

The Assembly: A Spirituality

Gordon W. Lathrop (Author)

Gathering with others constitutes the essential symbol of Christianity. Assembly is the biblical name for this local community. The book calls the church to think anew about gathering and to refresh its practice, articulating a spirituality that engages the assembly's gathering into the triune God and turns it toward the needs of our neighbors.

Free in Deed: The Heart of Lutheran Ethics

Craig L. Nessan (Author)

Free in Deed provides an imaginative and succinct introduction to Lutheran ethics, which the author contends is, finally, neighbor ethics. The gospel of Jesus Christ sets us free to serve neighbors--including all creation--and their well-being. This Lutheran framework provides a distinctive approach for navigating social issues in tumultuous times.

The Forgotten Luther II: Reclaiming the Church's Public Witness

Ryan P. Cumming (Editor), Paul A. Wee (Editor)

In this critical time in history, this volume argues that what is urgently needed is a clear, biblically based, theologically grounded rationale for the manner in which the church speaks and acts in the political arena. This volume includes essays from leading Lutheran theologians, a summary description of what this means for local ministry, and a study guide to encourage conversation and action.

The Season of Creation: A Preaching Commentary

Norman C. Habel (Editor), David Rhoads (Editor), H. Paul Santmire (Editor)

As the global climate crisis worsens, many churches have sought to respond by instituting a movement to observe a liturgical season of creation. Scholars who...

Signs of Belonging: Luther's Marks of the Church and the Christian Life

Mary Hinkle Shore (Author)

Signs of Belonging: Luther's Marks of the Church and the Christian Life explores Luther's teaching on the seven marks of the church: possession of the Word,...