About

Larry Herzog Jr. is a confessional Lutheran layman and adult Sunday school teacher in an AFLC congregation in North Dakota. He is the author of books, Bible studies, and free teaching resources — including three four-volume adult Bible study series — and he writes the weekly newsletter Ordinary Means, all of it for the people in the pew rather than the academy. He came to this work after thirty years in technology.

The books and studies grow out of those years of adult Bible teaching. Each is developed from Scripture, the Lutheran Confessions, and the primary theological and historical sources cited in the work itself — the same plain, sourced approach Larry brings to a Sunday-morning class.

Speaking & interviews

Larry is available for podcast interviews, radio segments, and congregational speaking on the topics of his books. Contact by email: larry@larryherzogjr.com.

Music

When he isn’t writing or teaching, Larry is usually holding down the low end on a euphonium. He’s played across the brass family for several decades — tuba, trombone, trumpet — but the euphonium is home. He stays active across Valley City’s music scene — the Valley City Community Band, the VCSU Concert Band, and his own congregation — and is a familiar presence in the online euphonium community. And he remains convinced that, next to the Scriptures themselves, the church’s best catechism is its hymnal.

Before the books

Before any of this, Larry spent thirty years in technology. His professional work in data protection and private AI now continues through Herzog Enclave. If that background is what brought you here, that’s where to find it.