The Published Works of Gerhard O. Forde (1927–2005)

———. Forde, Gerhard O. Review of Dogmatics, by Hermann Diem. Dialog 1 (1962): 69–70.

———. Review of Creation and Law, by Gustaf Wingren. Dialog 1 (1962): 78–79.

———. Review of The Place of Bonhoeffer: Problems and Possibilities in His Thought, by Martin E. Marty, ed. Dialog 2 (1963): 334–35.

———. “Law and Gospel as the Methodological Principle of Theology.” In Theological Perspectives: A Discussion of Contemporary Issues in Theology by Members of the Religion Department at Luther College, 50–69. Decorah, IA: Luther College Press, 1964.

———. Review of The Structure of Lutheranism, by Werner Elert. Dialog 3 (1964): 77–78.

———. Review of Word and the Spirit: Essays on the Inspiration of the Scriptures, by Regin Prenter. Dialog 4 (1965): 304–6.

———. Review of Theology and Preaching, by Heinrich Ott. Dialog 5 (1966): 150–53.

———. Review of Gospel and Church, by Gustaf Wingren. Dialog 5 (1966): 150–53.

———. Review of Revolt against Heaven: An Enquiry into Anti-Supernaturalism, by Kenneth Hamilton. Dialog 5 (1966): 312–14.

———. “The Newness of the Gospel.” Dialog 6 (1967): 87–94.

———. Review of Formation of Historical Theology: A Study of Ferdinand Christian Baur, by Peter Crafts Hodgson. Una sancta 24 (1967): 69–72.

———. Review of Faith and the Vitalities of History: A Theological Study Based on the Work of Albrecht Ritschl, by Philip J. Hefner. Interpretation 21 (1967): 486–89.

———. Review of Theology and Proclamation: Dialogue with Bultmann, by Gerhard Ebeling. Dialog 6 (1967): 299–302.

———. The Law-Gospel Debate: An Interpretation of Its Historical Development. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1969.

Pages 3-11, 69-78, 88-94, and 175-99 are reprinted as “The Law-Gospel Distinction in Modern Lutheranism.” In The Essential Forde: Distinguishing Law and Gospel. Edited by Nicholas J. Hopman, Mark C. Mattes, and Steve D. Paulson. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2019, 35-82.

———. Review of Christianity and Humanism: Studies in the History of Ideas, by Quirinus Breen. Lutheran World 16 (1969): 193–94.

———. “The Revolt and the Wedding: An Essay on Social Ethics in the Perspective of Luther’s Theology.” In The Reformation and the Revolution: A Series of Lectures Celebrating the Protestant Reformation and Commemorating the Bolshevik Revolution, 79–88. Sioux Falls, SD: Augustana College Press, 1970.

———. “Lex semper accusat? Nineteenth-Century Roots of Our Current Dilemma.” Dialog 9 (1970): 265–74.

Reprinted in A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004, 33-52.

Reprinted in The Essential Forde: Distinguishing Law and Gospel. Edited by Nicholas Hopman, Mark C. Mattes, and Steven D. Paulson. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2019, 178-195.

———. “Sense and Nonsense about Luther.” Dialog 10 (1971): 65–67.

———. Where God Meets Man: Luther’s Down-to-Earth Approach to the Gospel. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1972.

Translated into German as Wo Gott den Menschen trifft. Luthers Botschaft vom nahen Gott. Stuttgart: Kreuz, 1976.

Translated into Norwegian as “Så og på jorden …” om Luthers evangelieforståelse. Oslo:  Land og kirke-Gyldendal, 1978.

Translated into Slovak as Boh sa skláňa k človeku : Lutherovo pochopenie evanjelia. Translated by Tomáš Gulán. Martin: Biblická škola, 2003.

Reprinted as Where God Meets Man, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2021.

———. “Once More into the Breach? Some Questions about Key 73.” Dialog 12 (1973): 7–14.

———. “Zwickau Redivivus.” Dialog 12 (1973): 250-51.

———. Review of The Reality of the Devil: Evil in Man, by Ruth Nanda Anshen. Dialog 12 (1973): 156–58.

———. Review of Critical Issues in Modern Religion, by Roger A. Johnson. Dialog 13 (1974): 232–33.

Forde, Gerhard O., and James Nestingen. Free to Be: A Handbook to Luther’s Small Catechism. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1975; revised 1993.

Forde, Gerhard O. “Loser Takes All: The Victory of Christ.” Lutheran Standard, September 2, 1975, 3–5.

Reprinted in A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004, 98-100.

———. “The Formula of Concord Article V: End or New Beginning?” Dialog 15 (1976): 184–91.

———. “Bound to Be Free.” In Encounters with Luther, edited by Eric Gritsch, 2 vols., 2:67–80. Gettysburg, PA: Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, 1976.

Forde, Gerhard O., and Eric Gritsch. “Discussion.” In Encounters with Luther. Edited by Eric Gritsch. 2 vols., 2:81–83. Gettysburg, PA: Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, 1976.

Forde, Gerhard O. “The ‘Old Synod’: A Search for Objectivity.” In Striving for Ministry: Centennial Essays Interpreting the Heritage of Luther Seminary. Edited by Warren Quanbeck et al. Minneapolis: Luther Theological Seminary / Augsburg, 1977, 67–80.

———. “Luther, Lutherans and the Jewish People: A Study Resource.” Prepared by the American Lutheran Church (1977), 6-20.

Reprinted as “Luther and the Jews,” in Lutheran Quarterly 27 (2013): 125–42.

———. “Bultmann: Where Did He Take Us?” Dialog 17 (1978): 27–30.

———. “Outside the Gate: Atonement as Actual Event.” Dialog 18 (1979): 247–54.

———. “The Exodus from Virtue to Grace: Justification by Faith Today.” Interpretation 34 (1980): 32–44.

———. “Infallibility Language and the Early Lutheran Tradition.” In Teaching Authority and Infallibility in the Church. Edited by Paul C. Empie, T. Austin Murphy, and Joseph A. Burgess. Lutherans and Catholics in Dialogue 6. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1980, 120–37.

———. “A Short Word.” Dialog 20 (1981): 88–92.

———. “Unity without Concord.” Dialog 20 (1981): 166–73.

———. Review of Luther and Staupitz: An Essay in the Intellectual Origins of the Protestant Reformation, by David C. Steinmetz. Interpretation 36 (1982): 196–99.

———. Justification by Faith: A Matter of Death and Life. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1982.

———. “Theology as modus operandi.” Dialog 21 (1982): 175–79.

———. “The Place of Theology in the Church.” Dialog 22 (1983): 121–30.

———. “Law and Gospel in Luther’s Hermeneutic.” Interpretation 37 (1983): 240–52.

———. “Fake Theology: Reflections on Antinomianism Past and Present.” Dialog 22 (1983): 246–51.

Reprinted in The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, 214-25.

———. “Caught in the Act: Reflections on the Work of Christ.” Word and World 3 (1984): 22–31.

Reprinted in A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004, 85-97.

———. “When Old Gods Fail: Martin Luther’s Critique of Mysticism.” In Piety, Politics, and Ethics: Reformation Studies in Honor of George Wolfgang Forell. Edited by Carter Lindberg. Kirksville, MO: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, 1984, 15–26.

Reprinted in The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, 56-68.

———. “The Work of Christ.” In Christian Dogmatics. Edited by Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984. Vol. 2, pp. 5–100.

                        Reprinted in Christ and the Christian Life. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2023, 3-114.

———. “The Christian Life.” In Christian Dogmatics. Edited by Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984. Vol. 2, pp. 391-470.

Reprinted in Christ and the Christian Life. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2023, 133-238.

———. “The Power of Negative Thinking: On the Principle of Negation in Luther and Hegelianism.” Dialog 23 (1984): 250-56.

———. Review of Luther: Mensch zwischen Gott und Teufel. By Heiko A. Oberman. Renaissance Quarterly 37 (1984): 615.

———. “Romans 8:18–27.” Interpretation 38 (1984): 281–85.

———. “Preaching the Sacraments.” Lutheran Theological Seminary Bulletin 64 (1984): 3-27.

Reprinted in The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, 89-115.

Reprinted in Justification is for Preaching. Edited by Virgil Thompson. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2012, 147-174.

Sermons of Forde in “Preaching the Sacraments,” both in its original publication and ensuing reprints, include:

            “Text: John 6:35. ‘I am the Bread of Life’”

“Text: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26. ‘To Reclaim his Own’”

“Text: John 6:53. ‘Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are’”

———. Review of God as the Mystery of the World, by Eberhard Jüngel. Word and World 4 (1984): 458–61.

———. “Forensic Justification and the Law in Lutheran Theology.” In Justification by Faith. Edited by H. George Anderson, T. Austin Murphy, and Joseph A. Burgess. Lutherans and Catholics in Dialogue 7. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1985, 287–303.

Reprinted as “Forensic Justification and the Christian Life: Triumph or Tragedy?” In A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004, 114–36.

Reprinted in Justification is for Preaching. Edited by Virgil Thompson. Eugene, OR.: Pickwick, 2012, 69-90.

———. “Luther’s Cause.” Lutherjahrbuch 52 (1985): 86-93.

———. “Some Remarks on Peters’ Review of Christian Dogmatics.” Dialog 24 (1985): 297–99.

———. Review of Luther in Mid-Career, 1521–1530, by Heinrich Bornkamm. Interpretation 39 (1985): 436.

———. “Radical Lutheranism: Lutheran Identity in America.” Lutheran Quarterly 1 (1987): 5-18.

Reprinted in A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004, 3-16.

Reprinted in Justification is for Preaching. Edited by Virgil Thompson. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2012, 15-28.

———. “The Viability of Luther Today: A North American Perspective.” Word and World 7 (1987): 22–31.

———. Review of Eberhard Jüngel: An Introduction to His Theology, by John Webster. Lutheran Quarterly 2 (1988): 531–33.

———. “Lutherans, For the Time Being…” Dialog 27 (1988): 164-65.

———. “Justification by Faith Alone: The Article by Which the Church Stands or Falls?” Dialog 27 (1988): 260–67.

———. “The Lutheran View.” In Christian Spirituality: Five Views of Sanctification. Donald L. Alexander. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1988, 13-32. Forde’s responses to the other views can be found on pp. 77-82, 119-22, 155-57, and 190-93.

Reprinted in The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, 226-44.

Reprinted in The Essential Forde: Distinguishing Law and Gospel. Edited by Nicholas Hopman, Mark C. Mattes, and Steven D. Paulson. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2019, 83-100.

———. “The Catholic Impasse: Reflections on Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue Today.” In Promoting Unity: Themes in Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue. Edited by H. George Anderson et al. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1989, 67–77.

Reprinted in A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism, Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004, 189-201.

———. “What’s in a Name? Eucharist or Lord’s Supper.” Word and World 9 (1989): 52–55.

———. “Full Communion?” Dialog 28 (1989): 85–86.

———. “The Ordained Ministry.” In Called and Ordained: Lutheran Perspectives on the Office of the Ministry. Edited by Todd Nichol and Marc Kolden. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990, 117–36.

———. Theology Is for Proclamation. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990.

“Introduction” (1-9) and “The Preached God” (13-37) are reprinted in The Essential Forde: Distinguishing Law and Gospel. Edited by Nicholas Hopman, Mark C. Mattes, and Steven D. Paulson. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2019, 195-227.

Selections from “Introduction” and “The Preached God” are also reprinted in “Whatever Happened to God? God Not Preached,” in The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, 39-48.

———. “Proclamation: The Present Tense of the Gospel.” Dialog 29 (1990): 167–73.

———. “A Movement without a Move?” Dialog 30 (1991): 83–84.

———. “Public Ministry and Its Limits.” Dialog 30 (1991): 102–10.

Reprinted in The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, 116-130.

———. “Confessional Subscription: What Does It Mean for Lutherans Today?” Word and World 11 (1991): 316–20.

———. “Justification by Faith Alone.” In In Search of Christian Unity: Basic Consensus/Basic Differences. Edited by Joseph A. Burgess. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991, 64–76.

———. “Is Invocation of Saints an Adiaphoron?” In The One Mediator, the Saints, and Mary. Edited by H. George Anderson, J. Francis Stafford, and Joseph A. Burgess. Lutherans and Catholics in Dialogue 8. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1992, 327–38.

———. “The Newness of the New Testament.” In All Things New: Essays in Honor of Roy A. Harrisville. Edited by Arland J. Hultgren, Donald H. Juel, and Jack D. Kingsbury. St. Paul: Word and World Supplement, 1992, 175–80.

———. “The Meaning of satis est.” Lutheran Forum 26 (1992): 14–18.

Reprinted in A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004, 159-70.

Reprinted in The Essential Forde: Distinguishing Law and Gospel. Edited by Nicholas Hopman, Mark C. Mattes, and Steven D. Paulson. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2019, 167-77.

———. “Response to James Nestingen’s Article.” Dialog 31 (1992): 34–35.

———. “Justification.” In A New Handbook of Christian Theology. Edited by Donald W. Musser and Joseph L. Price. Nashville: Abingdon, 1992, 271–73.

———. “The Word on Quotas.” Lutheran Quarterly 6 (1992): 119–26.

———. “Naming the One Who Is Above Us.” In Speaking the Christian God: The Holy Trinity and the Challenge of Feminism. Edited by Alvin F. Kimmel. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992, 110–19.

———. “Something to Believe: A Theological Perspective on Infant Baptism.” Interpretation 47 (1993): 229–41.

Reprinted in The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, 131-145.

Reprinted in The Essential Forde: Distinguishing Law and Gospel. Edited by Nicholas Hopman, Mark C. Mattes, and Steven D. Paulson. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2019, 257-70.

———. “Luther and the Usus Pauli.” Dialog 32 (1993): 275–82.

———. Review of The Göttingen Dogmatics: Instruction in the Christian Religion, vol. 1, by Karl Barth, trans. Geoffery Bromiley. Pro Ecclesia 2 (1993): 240–42.

———. “Lutheranism.” In The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought. Edited by Alister McGrath. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1993, 354–58.

———.  “Does the Gospel Have a Future? Barth’s Romans Revisited.” Word and World 14 (1994): 67–77.

———. “The Normative Character of Scripture for Matters of Faith and Life: Human Sexuality in Light of Romans 1:16–32.” Word and World 14 (1994): 305–14.

Reprinted as “Human Sexuality and Romans, Chapter One” in The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, 204-213.

———. “Law and Sexual Behavior.” Lutheran Quarterly 9 (1995): 3-22.

Reprinted in The Essential Forde: Distinguishing Law and Gospel. Edited by Nicholas Hopman, Mark C. Mattes, and Steven D. Paulson. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2019, 149-66.

Schwarz, Reinhard. “The Last Supper: The Testament of Jesus.” Translated by Gerhard O. Forde. Lutheran Quarterly 9 (1995): 391–403.

Forde, Gerhard O. “Called to Freedom.” Lutherjahrbuch 62 (1995): 13–27.

Reprinted in The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, 254–69.

———. “Martens on the Condemnations.” Lutheran Quarterly 10 (1996): 67–69.

———. “Is Forgiveness Enough? Reflections on an Odd Question.” Word and World 16 (1996): 302-08.

———. “What Finally to Do about the (Counter-)Reformation Condemnations.” Lutheran Quarterly 11 (1997): 3–16.

———. “The Lord’s Supper as the Testament of Jesus.” Word and World 17 (1997): 5–9.

Reprinted in The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, 146-51.

Reprinted in The Essential Forde: Distinguishing Law and Gospel. Edited by Nicholas Hopman, Mark C. Mattes, and Steven D. Paulson. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2019, 271-76.

———. “The One Acted Upon.” Dialog 36 (1997): 54–61.

Reprinted in Theologians in their Own Words. Edited by Derek R. Nelson, Joshua M. Moritz, and Ted Peters. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013, 41-52.

———. On Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation, 1518. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997.

Translated into Hungarian as Ki a kereszt teológusa?: gondolatok Luther Heidelbergi disputációjáról. Budapest: Magyarországi Luther Szövetség, 2005.

Translated into Chinese as Lun zuo Shi jia shen xue jia by Ren Chuanlong yi and Chuanlong Ren. Shanghai: Shanghai san lian shu dian, 2017.

Translated into Latvian as Ka klut par krusta teologu. Riga: Lutheran Heritage Foundation, 2018.

The Preface, Introduction, and pages 1-22 of On Being a Theologian of the Cross have been translated to Japanese as 卒業研究翻訳 ゲアハート・O・ファーディ『十字架の神学者であること―ルターの「ハイデルベルク討論」(1518年)についての論考―』 [“Graduation Research Translation: Gerhard O. Fardy (sic), ‘Being a Theologian of the Cross: An Essay on Luther’s Heidelberg Debate (1518)’”] by Ichikawa Makito. Tokyo: Tokyo Christian University, 2023.

“Two Ways of Being a Theologian” (10-19) is reprinted in The Essential Forde: Distinguishing Law and Gospel. Edited by Nicholas Hopman, Mark C. Mattes, and Steven D. Paulson. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2019, 101-08.

“Heidelberg Disputation: Thesis 15” (56-58) is reprinted in The Essential Forde: Distinguishing Law and Gospel. Edited by Nicholas J. Hopman, Mark C. Mattes, and Steven D. Paulson. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2019, 127-29.

“Heidelberg Disputation: Theses 19-21” (72-90) is reprinted in The Essential Forde: Distinguishing Law and Gospel. Edited by Nicholas J. Hopman, Mark C. Mattes, and Steven D. Paulson. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2019, 228-42.

“Heidelberg Disputation: Theses 26-28” (107-15) is reprinted in The Essential Forde: Distinguishing Law and Gospel. Edited by Nicholas Hopman, Mark C. Mattes, and Steven D. Paulson. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2019, 133-38.

———. “On Being a Theologian of the Cross.” Christian Century 114 (1997): 947–49.

Forde, Gerhard O., et al. “A Call for Discussion of the ‘Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.’” Dialog 36 (1997): 224–29.

Forde, Gerhard O. “What Next?” Dialog 37 (1998): 163.

———. “The Word That Kills and Makes Alive.” In Marks of the Body of Christ. Edited by Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999, 1–12.

———. “The Critical Response of German Theological Professors to the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.” Dialog 38 (1999): 71–72.

———. “Fault! A Response to Michael Root.” Dialog 38 (1999): 163-166.

———. “Robert Jenson’s Soteriology.” In Trinity, Time, and Church: A Response to the Theology of Robert W. Jenson. Edited by Colin Gunton. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000, 126–38.

Forde, Gerhard O., and James Arne Nestingen. “Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts.” Dialog 39 (2000): 291–92.

Forde, Gerhard O. “Lutheran Ecumenism: With Whom and How Much?” Lutheran Quarterly 17 (2003): 436–55.

Reprinted in A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004, 171-188.

———. A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004.

In “Eschatology: The Last Word First” (3-49) all excerpts come from the following sources:

“Radical Lutheranism: Lutheran Identity in America” (3-16). In Lutheran Quarterly 1 (1987): 5–18.

“The Apocalyptic No and Eschatological Yes” (17-32) was first presented at a Summer Karl Barth Conference at Luther Seminary. This is its first print publication.

“Lex semper accusat? Nineteenth-Century Roots of Our Current Dilemma” (33-51). In Dialog 9 (1970): 265–74.

In “Legal and Evangelical Authority” (51-81) all excerpts come from the following sources:

“Authority in the Church: The Lutheran Reformation” (53-67) was first presented at an ELCA Synod Assembly. This is its first print publication.

“Scriptura sacra sui ipsius interpres: Reflections on the Question of Scripture and Tradition” (68-74) was originally prepared as a background paper for the Lutheran/Roman Catholic Dialogue. This is its first print publication.

“The Irrelevance of the Modern World for Luther” (75-81) was first presented at Roanoke College. This is its first print publication.

In “Atonement and Justification: Christ Unbound” (83-155) all excepts come from the following sources:

“Caught in the Act: Reflections on the Work of Christ” (85-97). In Word and World 3 (1984): 22–31.

“Loser Takes All: The Victory of Christ” (98-100). In Lutheran Standard, September 2, 1975, 3–5.

“In Our Place” (101-13) was presented at a Luther Seminary conference on feminist criticisms of atonement theories. This is its first print publication.

“Forensic Justification and the Christian Life: Triumph or Tragedy” (114-36), as “Forensic Justification and the Law in Lutheran Theology.” In Justification by Faith. Edited by H. George Anderson, T. Austin Murphy, and Joseph A. Burgess. Lutherans and Catholics in Dialogue 7. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1985, 287-303. It was later reprinted under the same title in Justification is for Preaching. Edited by Virgil Thompson. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2012, 69-90.

“Luther’s Ethics” (137-55) was first presented as a lecture at Capital University. This is its first print publication.

In “Unecclesiological Ecumenism” (157-99) all excerpts come from the following sources:

“The Meaning of satis est” (159-170). In Lutheran Forum 26 (1992): 14–18.

“Lutheran Ecumenism: With Whom and How Much?” (171-188). In Lutheran Quarterly 17 (2003): 436-55.

“The Catholic Impasse: Reflections on Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue Today” (189-201). In Promoting Unity: Themes in Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue. Edited by H. George Anderson et al. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1989, 67-78.

Forde sermons in A More Radical Gospel include:

            “God’s Rights: Matthew 20:1-16” (203-05)

            “Exsurge Domine!: Psalm 74:22-23” (206-10)

            “Hidden Treasure: Matthew 13:44” (211-14)

            “You Have Died: Colossians 2:20-3:4” (215-17)

            “The Day of the Lord: 2 Peter 3:8-14” (218-19)

            “Jesus Died for You” (220-22)

            “Not the Well, but the Sick” (223)

——–. The Captivation of the Will: Luther vs. Erasmus on Freedom and Bondage. Edited by  Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.

“The Argument about God” (31-45) and “Luther and Erasmus” (77-79) are reprinted in The Essential Forde: Distinguishing Law and Gospel. Edited by Nicholas Hopman, Mark C. Mattes, and Steven D. Paulson. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2019, 111-23, 124-26.

——–. The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007.

In “God Preached and Not Preached” (33-85), all excerpts come from the following sources.

Material from pages 39-48 is reprinted in “Whatever Happened to God? God Not Preached” (33-55). In Theology is For Proclamation. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990, 1-3, 13-18.

“When Old Gods Fail: Martin Luther’s Critique of Mysticism” (56-68). In Piety, Politics, and Ethics: Reformation Studies in Honor of George Wolfgang Forell. Edited by Carter Lindberg. Kirksville, MO: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, 1984, 15–26.

“Karl Barth on the Consequences of Lutheran Christology” (68-88) was first published in this volume.

                        In “Doing the Word” (89-162), all excerpts come from the following sources.

“Preaching the Sacraments” (89-115). In Lutheran Theological Seminary Bulletin 64, no. 4 (1984): 3–27.

                                    “Public Ministry and Its Limits” (116-30). In Dialog 30 (1991): 102-10.

“Something to Believe: A Theological Perspective on Infant Baptism” (131-145). In Interpretation 47 (1993): 229–41.

“The Lord’s Supper as the Testament of Jesus” (146-51). In Word and World 17 (1997): 5–9.

“Absolution: Systematic Considerations” (152-62) is first published in this volume. It is reprinted under the same title in Justification is for Preaching. Edited by Virgil Thompson. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2012, 175-85.

                        In “Called to Freedom” (165-269), all excerpts come from the following sources.

                                    “Speaking the Gospel Today” (165-94) is first published in this volume.

“Lutheran Faith and American Freedom” (195-203) was originally a lecture that Forde gave in Autumn 1992. It was later published under the same title in Lutheran Quarterly 31 (2017): 424–35.

“Human Sexuality and Romans, Chapter One” (204-13) was first published as “The Normative Character of Scripture for Matters of Faith and Life: Human Sexuality in Light of Romans 1:16–32,” Word and World 14 (1994): 305–14.

“Fake Theology: Reflections on Antinomianism Past and Present” (214-25) was first published in Dialog 22 (1983): 246–51.

“Sanctification” (226-44) was first published in Christian Spirituality: Five Views of Sanctification. Edited by Donald L. Alexander. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1988, 13–32.

“Reflections on the Fries-Rahner Proposal” (245-253) was prepared and presented for the Lutheran-Roman Catholic ecumenical dialogue. This is its first print publication.

“Called to Freedom” (254-271) was first published in Lutherjahrbuch 62 (1995): 13-27.

Forde sermons in The Preached God include:

“The Doing of God: John 1:8 and 5:19” (273-75)

“Until He Comes: 1 Corinthians 11:26” (276-77)

“The Interrupted Party: Mark 14:25” (278-79)

“Abstractions Aside: Mark 14:25” (280-81)

            “Celebrating the Future: Mark 14:25” (282-83)

            “Ascension Day: Later! Acts 1:6-9” (285-86)

“Moses’ Baccalaureate: Exodus 4:21-26; Psalm 90; 2 Corinthians 5:14-15” (286-90)

            “Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Psalm 51:15” (291-97)

            “You Are Witnesses (Ordination): Luke 24:44-49” (298-302)

            “On Preaching Good News to the Poor: Matthew 11:2-5” (303-05)

            “A Voice from the Darkness: Mark 1:24” (306-10)

“A Gracious Neighbor or a Gracious God? 2 Samuel 24:1-5, 10-14; Romans 3:9-19; Matthew 5:43-48” (311-15)

“The Laborers in the Vineyard: Matthew 20:1-16” (316-18)

“Yes! 2 Corinthians 1:17b-19” (319-21)

——–. “Text, For the Record: The Freedom to Reform (Reformation 1967).” Lutheran Quarterly 25 (2011): 167-75.

———. “Radical Lutheranism.” In Justification is for Preaching. Edited by Virgil Thompson. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2012, 15-30.

First published in Lutheran Quarterly 1 (1987): 5–18; reprinted in A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004, 3-16.

———. “Forensic Justification and the Christian Life.” In Justification is for Preaching. Edited by Virgil Thompson. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2012, 69-90.

First published as “Forensic Justification and the Law in Lutheran Theology.” In Justification by Faith. Edited by H. George Anderson, T. Austin Murphy, and Joseph A. Burgess. Lutherans and Catholics in Dialogue 7. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1985, 287–303; reprinted in A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004, 114–36.

———. “Preaching the Sacraments.” In Justification is for Preaching. Edited by Virgil Thompson. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2012, 147-74.

First published in Lutheran Theological Seminary Bulletin 64 (1984): 3-27; reprinted in The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, 89-115.

———. “Absolution: Systematic Considerations.” In Justification is for Preaching. Edited by Virgil Thompson. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2012, 175-185.

First published in The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, 152-164.

———. “Satis Est? What do we do when other churches don’t agree?” Lutheran Quarterly 26 (2012): 322-24.

Originally a presentation to the ELCA Teaching Theologians Conference in August 1990, this is the first publication for this source.

———. “Luther and the Jews.” Lutheran Quarterly 27 (2013): 125–42.

First published as “Luther, Lutherans and the Jewish People: A Study Resource,” prepared by the American Lutheran Church (1977), 6-20.

———. “The One Acted Upon.” In Theologians in their Own Words. Edited by Derek R. Nelson, Joshua M. Moritz, and Ted Peters. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013, 41-52.

                        First published in Dialog 36 (1997): 54–61.

———. We Preach Christ Crucified: Sermons by Gerhard O. Forde. Edited by Marianna Forde. Minneapolis: Lutheran University Press, 2016.

                        Forde sermons in We Preach Christ Crucified include:

                                    “Without a Card” (7-9)

                                    “Food and Drink Indeed” (10-11)

                                    “The Lord’s Supper” (12-16)

                                    “The Kingdom of Heaven” (17-19)

                                    “A Voice Says, ‘Cry!’” (20-22)

                                    “He Who Comes” (23-26)

                                    “He Who Is to Come” (27-30)

                                    “And Lo, The Star” (31-33)

                                    “Healing” (34-39)

                                    “On the God-ness of God” (40-43)

                                    “Whoever Would Save His Life” (44-46)

                                    “Sin and Grace” (47-50)

                                    “For Me to Live is Christ” (51-53)

                                    “For God So Loved the World” (54-56)

                                    “Give Thanks to the Lord” (57-59)

                                    “Loose Ends?” (60-62)

                                    “Good and Evil” (63-64)

                                    “On Sin” (65-71)

                                    “My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?” (72-75)

                                    “Father, Forgive Them” (76-77)

                                    “Testimony” (78-80)

                                    “Forgetting and Remembering” (81-83)

                                    “Faith and Doubt” (84-88)

                                    “Something for Nothing” (89-91)

———. “Sacraments as Eschatological Gift and Promise.” Lutheran Quarterly 31 (2017): 310–19.

This essay was originally prepared in 1975 for the American Lutheran Church/Lutheran Church in America Communion Practices Committee. This is its first publication.

———. “Lutheran Faith and American Freedom.” Lutheran Quarterly 31 (2017): 424–35.

This essay comes from a lecture to pastors in Autumn 1992. It is also published in The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, 195-203.

———. The Essential Forde: Distinguishing Law and Gospel. Edited by Nicholas Hopman, Mark C. Mattes, and Steven D. Paulson. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2019.

In “Chapter 1: The Law-Gospel Distinction in Modern Lutheranism” (37-79). All excerpts are from The Law-Gospel Debate: An Interpretation of Its Historical Development. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1969, 3–11, 69–78, 88–94, 175–99.

In “Chapter 2: Death and Resurrection” (83-108), all excerpts are from the following sources.

“The Lutheran View of Sanctification” (83-100). In Christian Spirituality: Five Views of Sanctification. Edited by Donald L. Alexander. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1988, 13-32. Also in The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, 226-44.

“Two Ways of Being a Theologian” (101-08). In On Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation, 1518. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997, 10-19.

In “Chapter 3: The Bondage of the Will” (111-29) all excerpts are from the following sources.

“The Argument about God” (111-23) and “Luther and Erasmus” (124-126). In The Captivation of the Will: Luther vs. Erasmus on Freedom and Bondage. Edited by Steven Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005, 31–45, 77–79.

“Heidelberg Disputation: Thesis 15” (127-29). In On Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation, 1518. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997, 56–58.

In “Chapter 4: Good Works” (133-45), all excerpts are from the following sources.

“Heidelberg Disputation: Theses 26–28” (133-38). In On Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation, 1518. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997, 107–15.

“Luther’s ‘Ethics’” (139-45). In A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004,148–55.

In “Chapter 5: Controversies Concerning the Law” (147-93), all excerpts are from the following sources.

“Law and Sexual Behavior” (149-66). In Lutheran Quarterly 9 (1995): 3-22.

“The Meaning of Satis Est” (167-77). In Lutheran Forum 26 (1992): 14-18; and in A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Atonement, and Ecumenism. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004, 159–70.

“Lex Semper Accusat: Nineteenth-Century Roots of Our Current Dilemma” (178-193). In Dialog 9 (1970): 265–74; and in A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004, 33–49.

In “Chapter 6: Theological Method” (195-242), all excerpts are from the following sources.

“Introduction” (195-204) and “The Preached God” (205-27). In Theology Is for Proclamation. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1990, 1–9, 13–37.

“Heidelberg Disputation: Theses 19–21” (228-42). In On Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation, 1518. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997, 72–90.

In “Chapter 7: The Ministry” (243-75) all excerpts are from the following:

“Speaking the Gospel Today” (245-56) was first published in The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, 165–94.

“Something to Believe: A Theological Perspective on Infant Baptism” (257-270) was first published in Interpretation 47 (1993): 229–41; and also in The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, 131–45.

“The Lord’s Supper as the Testament of Jesus” (271-75) was first published in Word & World 17 (1997): 5-9; and also in The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament. Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, 146–51.

———. Where God Meets Man, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2021.

Where God Meets Man was first published as Where God Meets Man: Luther’s Down-to-Earth Approach to the Gospel, Minneapolis: Fortress, 1972.

———. Christ and the Christian Life. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2023.

“The Work of Christ” (3-114) was first published in Christian Dogmatics. Edited by Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984. Vol. 2, pp. 5-100

“The Christian Life” (133-238) was first published in Christian Dogmatics. Edited by Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984. Vol 2, pp. 391–470.

———. “Text, For the Record: [Final chapel homily of Gerhard Forde before his retirement in 1998, on Genesis 3:1-5 and Colossians 3:3].” Lutheran Quarterly 38 (2024): 336-337.