To Gaze upon the Beauty of the Lord - Paperback

by Mark W. Birkholz (Editor), Marcus James Nelson (Editor)

Scott Bruzek has served the church faithfully for over three decades. In this volume his colleagues and former students honor him with a collection of sermons preached throughout the church year and on many special occasions. They have been preached across the globe to congregations large and small, and in seminary and university chapels. These sermons are meant to inspire the next generation of pastors and church leaders to reflect on the beauty of the Lord, as he is present with us when he gathers us in his house as his very body.

Author Biography

Mark W. Birkholz is pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, Naperville, Illinois. He was an intern at St. John Lutheran Church, Wheaton, Illinois, supervised by Scott Bruzek. Birkholz holds a PhD from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. He is the coeditor of Feasting in a Famine of the Word (2016) and Church as Fullness in All Things (2019). Birkholz is married to Amberleigh, and they have two children.



Marcus James Nelson is senior pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Wheaton, Illinois. Raised in a loving Baptist home, he eventually became a Lutheran under Scott Bruzek's leadership. Following a period of discernment, Pastor Nelson attended Concordia Theological Seminary before being called to St. John, where he has served with Bruzek for sixteen years. Nelson is married to Holly, and they have four children.