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I owe a great many people my gratitude for their help and support on this book. John Bowlin offered detailed comments on two different manuscript drafts. Lois Malcolm, Stacy Johnson, and Kenneth Appold commented on the first manuscript and pushed it forward in helpful directions. Jeffrey Skaff, Cambria Kaltwasser, and Daniel Pedersen commented on specific chapters. Anthony Bateza mentored and encouraged this work. My mother, Mary Nickel, copy-edited the whole manuscript. My editor, Neil Elliott, has been incredibly supportive throughout the publishing process. Robert and Blanche Jenson, the former now of blessed memory, supported me with weekly conversation, to say nothing of the coffee and cookies. I was able to test out some of this and related material in the Christian Spirituality section of the American Academy of Religion, the Society for Christian Ethics, and the New Jersey Synod of the ELCA. Thanks to all for your reception of these ideas. Thanks to an anonymous reviewer for helping me sharpen my argument. There were many friends whose love and kindness help me along the way, Luke Zerra and Stephanie Mota-Thurston in particular: thank you. Finally, my most heartfelt gratitude to my wife, Mary, and my son, Max. Mary is my toughest critic and fiercest advocate. Max is my heart. Their love makes it worth it.

I have quoted numerous passages from volumes 76 and 77 of Luther’s Works, both volumes copyright 2014 Concordia Publishing House, with kind permission of the press.