Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Good News at Northwestern Publishing House":
If you hurry, you can still get the massive The Northwestern Publishing House Electronic Library while it is still available for the launch.
[GJ - The pre-release price is $400. The everything printed price is $2115. I checked twice. Hey folks, a CD costs about 80 cents to produce.]
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GJ - First - the typo. "It's almost as if these commentaries were taylor-made (sic) for electronic release!" Mrs. Ichabod is the granddaughter and daughter of tailors. Even though English was her third language, she laughed out loud about the latest typo. Everyone makes mistakes, but one expects a publishing house to do a little editing after the initial thrill of posting a page is over. OK, Mark, Logos goofed, but they have not fixed it yet. Spell-checking all of WELS is taxing on my resources.
[September 12, High Noon. The books are still taylor-made, so I suggest buying them for a saylor, or Norman Maylor, or a needy jaylor. Maybe for someone who lives in a traylor.]
Second, these disks are not a deal, even at the pre-publication price.
WELS commentaries based on the NIV? Two strikes against the People's Commentary.
The Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly, also known as The Pope Speaks? Save your money, kid.
Sermon Studies? I downloaded a whole set of sermons from Kelm/Parlow. They must be good, because I found copies of them all over the Net.
Franzmann? - I liked the portions I used, but he is another UOJ fanatic.
Triglotta with Bente? - That is the one CD I would recommend to anyone.
NPH has Lenkski in print or on CD, $300 for now. That is worthwhile, a true classic.
Luther's Works 55 volumes on CD is only $200. That is a steal - a useful format, portable, and the best theologian of the Christian Church. Let's see - People's NIV Commentary or Luther? Not an agonizing decision.
This will probably sell a few copies of the good stuff from NPH. We only have two eyeballs and one brain. Why waste time on the ruminations of the minor figures of Lutherland?
In short:
1. Luther first, last, and always.
2. The Triglotta and Bente, because the Book of Concord is a conference of the finest theologians in the Christian Church.
3. Lenski is the best, most consistent, and reliable writer on the New Testament as a whole.
As they used to say at Northwestern College, those three (plus boxer shorts) are all you need to be a good pastor.
