“Unbelieving and unrighteous men do hate the old Church doctrines. Why? Because these old teachings as to sin, guilt, retribution, the fact and need of a divine-human vicarious atonement the need of sovereign grace, the need of the divinely instituted means and all that these fundamental teachings imply – these teachings are unwelcome to the reason of the natural man.” — George Gerberding

George Henry Gerberding (1847-1927) studied under Charles Krauth and C. F. Schaeffer and assisted the Rev. Passavant. An indefatigable worker, he established and restored churches in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Fargo, ND. His Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church was one of the most successful books ever published by the English Lutheran Church.

Level of Difficulty: Primer: No subject matter knowledge needed.

Book Chapters

• 1 Introduction
• 2 What’s Wrong With Germany?
• 3 German Rationalism
• 4 Rationalism’s Roots
• 5 Germany’s Pantheism
• 6 Pantheistic State Craft
• 7 Materialism. Determinism. Socialistic Atheism.
• 8 Militarism. School Craft. Intolerance.
• 9 Pessimism. Bitter Fruit.
• 10 Goethe. Schleiermacher. Claus Harms. Ritschl. Eucken.
• 11 A Plea For American Fair Play And Christian Charity
• 12 France. Religion And Literature
• 13 French Revolution. French Philosophy.
• 14 What’s Wrong With England? Some Sore Spots.
• 15 Apostasy. Darwinism.
• 16 England’s Debasing Literature
• 17 America. Good Beginnings. Later Apostasy.
• 18 Social And Spiritual Dangers
• 19 The Peace Treaty
• 20 The Church’s Part In Righting The Wrong
• 21 The Church’s Part In Righting The Wrong
• 22 The Church’s Part In Righting The Wrong
• Forward to the Original Edition

Publication Information

• Lutheran Library edition first published: 2017-09-11
• Updated: v6.2021-04-09
• Copyright: CC BY 4.0