Forde Lives

Gerhard Forde was a pastor and a teacher. He worked many years at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN. Forde was also an assistant professor of religion for Luther College in Decorah, Iowa in the early sixties and a religion instructor at St. Olaf College, in Northfield, in the middle fifties. Forde had a Th.D. from Harvard and studied at Tubingen University, and tutored at Oxford.

Gerhard wrote these books:
The Captivation of the Will (LQB, 2004)
A more radical Gospel (Eerdmans, 2004)
On Being a Theologian of the Cross (1997)
Theology Is for Proclamation (Fortress, 1990)
Justification by Faith (1982)
Where God Meets Man (1972)

Forde also participated in other collections/books and publications with sections and articles such as:
“Forensic Justification and Law in Lutheran Theology,” in dialogue VI (1985)
“When the Old Gods Fail,” in Honor of George Wolfgang Forell (1984)
“The Work of Christ” and “Christian Life,” Christian Dogmatics (1984)
The Law Gospel Debate (1969)

Burgress and Kolden edited A festschrift, in his honor called By Faith Alone (Eerdmans, 2004).

Gerhard Forde taught thousands of men and women a very condensed core of traditional Lutheran theology with a modern spin that took it deep into their conscious and subconscious minds. The Forde approach gave people potent tools for thinking theologically and practically about the faith. His legacy continues to grow.