In this bestselling novel, three pastors learn the necessity of relying on God's grace. They fall short of their pastoral duties through public humiliation, self-doubt, inability to accept God's promises in their own lives, and divisions and quarreling among their parishioners. Ultimately each man rejects temptations and permits the Holy Spirit to work through him. This revised edition includes the final chapter, never before published in English. The new introduction provides historical and theological background to deepen the reader's understanding of the stories.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By "karlyngve"
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This book is a treasure. I have read it several times and it always amazes me. The author is capable of conveying the Gospel in a remarkably persuasive manner.
If you are having trouble distingushing between the Law and the Gospel in Christian understanding, this is the book to read.
It is a novel and not an academic achievement. This makes the book more readable and more applicable to real life.
The book consists of three stories about three different priests in three different times. They are all challenged by their society and congregation and need to find the truth of the Gospel and interpret it to their generation.
The novel depicts the inner struggles of the priests and their findings of grace amidst all troubles and challenges that life makes the face.
It is highly recommended and will give you a new understanding of God's grace and how costly and miraclous it is.
Buy this book and read it several times. It is a classic!
If you are having trouble distingushing between the Law and the Gospel in Christian understanding, this is the book to read.
It is a novel and not an academic achievement. This makes the book more readable and more applicable to real life.
The book consists of three stories about three different priests in three different times. They are all challenged by their society and congregation and need to find the truth of the Gospel and interpret it to their generation.
The novel depicts the inner struggles of the priests and their findings of grace amidst all troubles and challenges that life makes the face.
It is highly recommended and will give you a new understanding of God's grace and how costly and miraclous it is.
Buy this book and read it several times. It is a classic!
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Excellent Stories of Three Pastors
8 Jan 1998
By John L. Hoh Jr.
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"Hammer of God" is set in Sweden, when the Swedish Lutheran Church was struggling for its identity. There were many who felt that the "rigid/dead orthodoxy" no longer served a purpose in people's lives. Naturally, nature abhors a vacuum. In place of orthodoxy came two schools of thought: rationalism (scientific thought) and pietism. This masterful volume follows three recent seminary graduates serving their first parishes. Obviously, their mentors are of the "dead orthodoxy" bent. The young pastors feel that the people should be more scientific or live more perfect lives. Needless to say, the new approaches do not work out. Touching is the old soldier, in the throes of senility, barking out fighting orders and using profanity. The young pastor soon realizes that it is by God's grace that we are saved, not in building a better life to become more perfect. This book was required reading at a small Lutheran seminary I attended in Mankato, MN (as was Walther's "The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel."). I will forever be indebted to the professor who required us to read this book. It was very enlightening and graphically displayed Christian faith in action in everyday life.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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Almost the best book I've ever read
30 Nov 1999
By junioR
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("The Fight" by John White is the best.) The previous reviews have explained the content, so I won't go into that... I just want to add a personal note; that in the last 30 years, since the age of fifteen, I've read The Hammer of God in my native Norwegian version at least five times, and every time it has made me cry. (And not many books are able to make 45-year-old men cry...) This is one of the top Christian books of all time, recommended for any and all Christians, regardless of background and denomination. Great as a gift, perfect as a Confirmation gift.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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To be read and reread
10 April 2001
By Extollager
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I am about through my third reading within less than ten years of this novel. Aside from themes mentioned by previous commentators, the recreation of rural Sweden should commend this book to some readers. THE HAMMER makes me want to learn more about Swedish history.
The translation reads very well, as if the book had been written in English.
I have thousands of books. If I had to dispose of all but 200 of them, I'm sure I would keep this one. I would like to get extra copies to give away.
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