Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 4:8-20
In the first seven verses of chapter 4, St. Paul lays out a beautiful description of how “in the fullness of time God sent forth his Son...
Bible Study With Luther: Galatians 4:1-7
“Am I really saved? Am I doing enough? Will God even recognize my good works on Judgment Day?” These sorts of questions are born out of the Law, which always demands and never gives.
The Ninety-Five Theses
In the 95 Theses, Luther’s response to indulgences was several fold. First, it must be understood that at this point Luther’s teaching on justification was not completely developed and so at first he did not reject the very idea of indulgences, as he later would. Instead, Luther argued that...
Luther and the Iconoclasts
Have you ever been to a Christian store and noticed that they had something which listed the commandments, but it didn’t have the same numbering that you learned when you memorized the Catechism?
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 3:19-29
Distinguishing between the Law and the Gospel is one of the highest and most precious arts which every Christian would do well to learn.
Luther on The Third Article of the Creed
Luther says that this article on the Holy Spirit is about us being made holy.
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 3:10-18
From Adam to Abraham, from Moses to Paul, and to you and me God has always justified sinners in the same way—by faith.
Luther’s Morning Prayer – A Model for the Christian’s Daily Life
I thank you, my Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You.
Luther on the Office of the Ministry
To run to the ends of the earth preaching the Gospel is precisely Jesus’ charge to his Apostles (Acts 1:8). Luther writes about them, “Their running, I say, is truly sweet, that is, their ministry is most delightful, not like that of Moses and the prophets. To run means to serve in the office of preacher..."
Why Luther’s Hymns Sound the Way They Do
A composer can never escape his own style, and this is true even of amateur composers such as Martin Luther. Embracing the musical arts in both his schooling and his cloistered life, Luther became a proficient instrumentalist on the lute and the transverse flute.
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 3:1-9
The Holy Spirit is not simply the initial cause of faith but continues to be at work in the life of the Church keeping us in the faith by the proclamation of the Word and through that faith the Lord declares us to be righteous and heirs of eternal life.
Luther on the Cross and Suffering
Luther says that suffering should not be something we choose. We can’t choose which cross we bear. That’s up to God. Luther addresses this with four reasons.
Martin Luther’s ‘On the Freedom of a Christian’
"A Christian is an utterly free man, lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is an utterly dutiful man, servant of all, subject to all."
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 2:11-20
The false teachers in Galatia were, as Luther says, “Changing the Law into grace and grace into Law, Moses into Christ and Christ into Moses. For they teach that...
Luther on the Family
Clearly Luther saw marriage and the estate of the family as important, but what does this mean for us? Seeing how important this was for Luther first of all gives us an insight as to how we should encourage people to view marriage and the family in our time.