Eastertide 2015: Volume 24, Number 2

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Preface
Wade Johnston

ARTICLES

Pain, Suffering, Lament 
Gregory P. Schulz

Ignatius of Antioch's Letter to the Romans: The Passionate Confession of Christian Identity
James G. Bushur

Bearing the Shame of the Cross: Luther's Theology of the Cross, the Imitation of Christ, and Martyrdom 
C. Matthew Phillips 

God's Time Clock Never Stops: Persecution and Martyrdom in the Lutheran Church of the USSR 
Matthew Heise  

Patients in Suffering: What Good is Living for the Dying?
Jeffrey Warner

Apostolic Suffering in 2 Corinthians
Adam Koontz

Lutheranism: Between Pietism and Orthodoxy?
Scott R. Murray

REVIEWS

Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind
By Mark A. Noll. Review by Daniel Burfiend 

Should We Live Forever? The Ethical Ambiguities of Aging
By Gilbert Meilaender. Review by Faith Elizabeth Swenson

Bonhoeffer: A Guide for the Perplexed
By Joel Lawrence. Review by John Hoyum

The Collected Sermons of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Edited and Introduced by Isabel Best. Review by Scott Johnson

Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
By Diarmaid MacCulloch. Review by Jack Kilcrease

Seven Events That Shaped the New Testament World
By Warren Carter. Review by Michael Manz

Bonhoeffer the Assassin? Challenging the Myth, Recovering His Call to Peacemaking
By Mark Thiessen Nation, Anthony G. Siegrist, and Daniel P. Umbel. Review by Zachary W. Marklevitz

Interpreting Bonhoeffer: Historical Perspectives, Emerging Issues
Edited by Clifford J. Green and Guy C. Carter. Review by John T. Pless

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 11: Ecumenical, Academic, and Pastoral Work 1931-1932
Edited by Victoria J. Barnett, Mark S. Brocker, and Michael B. Lukens. Review by John T. Pless

Bonhoeffer's Theological Formation: Berlin, Barth, and Protestant Theology
By Michael P. DeJonge. Review by John T. Pless

The Trial of Jan Hus: Medieval Heresy and Criminal Procedure
By Thomas A. Fudge. Review by Richard J. Serina, Jr.

LOGIA FORUM

• Suffering? Really? 
• Not A Good Fit!
• Better Words Than the Lord's? They Aren't! So Get Over It!
• Oh, For the Days When Inerrancy Wasn't a Dirty Word!
• Welcome Home!
• Bo Giertz on Persecution and Public Education
• Theses on Infant Communion
• The Four Classical Theories of Scripture and Tradition