Lenski is being reprinted, 20 volumes, for $500. I recall it being available from Christian Book Distributors (same company) for less, also as a reprint.
Here is the new link.
On that page you will see books written and illustrated by Lois Lenski. She was the daughter of the professor.
I used to visit a pastor who was trained by Lenski. He was the retired pastor of the congregation in Delaware, Ohio, where Matthias Loy (one of my favorite hymn writers) served as pastor.
That congregation is now safely in the bosom of the ELCA.
The old ALC (1930 merger) was a German, conservative component of The ALC (1960) merger. People might think of TALC as Norwegian because of its contingent from the Norwegians. But there was a significant population of German Lutherans.
Capital University in Columbus had their own seminary (Trinity ELCA now, more mergers). Lenski was a district president of the old ALC and also a professor at the seminary. The people he trained replaced him with a liberal New Testament professor and formed a committee to silence Lenski on inerrancy. Imagine that!
Trinity Seminary has a "Lenski Room" but has forgotten him. His commentaries are still used in WELS, Missouri, and parts of The ALC for decades. He combined an unusual knowledge of all doctrinal issues with a precise explanation of every New Testament book.
Lenski rejected the fraudulent claim (Universal Objective Justification) that God declared everyone in the world forgiven, whether they believed or not.
Sausage Factory students will say, whether asked or not, "Lenski has problems with justification." One must marvel at the irony of a synod claiming to be Biblical, enamored of Lenski, finding Lenski wrong on the key Biblical issue: justification by faith.
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I don't know if you saw this, but on the CBD page in the product description page this is part of the description of Lenski's commentary: "Arminian in doctrine, maintains a rigid approach to Greek grammar, and follows an amillennial interpretation of eschatology. " Arminian in doctrine? Am I off base for saying that calling Lenski's work "Arminian" would be inaccurate to day the least? The desription is credited to something called "The Minister's Library".
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GJ - No, I did not see that. Non-Lutheran Protestants seldom grasp Lutheran doctrine. That is another reason Lutherans should avoid studying under them. Roman Catholics are pretty hopeless too. I had Frank Fiorenza (Catholic) before he was appointed to an endowed chair at Harvard, Hauerwas before he became even more famous at Duke.
True Calvinism is rare today because the entire system is impervious to Biblical insights. They get the Two Natures wrong, predestination wrong, the Sacraments wrong.
An obvious reaction to Calvinism is Arminianism, the prevalent form of Protestantism. Instead of teaching double predestination, the Arminians teach decision theology. I do not have statistical data, but I imagine the most popular position is that God has done something (the Atonement) so man must complete the transaction by making a decision about it. This is also called synergism.
Lenski was not an Arminian, but I imagine the reviewer was either commending or condemning Lenski for holding that position.
