Just in Time for Lent: Martin Luther on Fasting and Mortification
Here’s a great little excerpt from Luther’s “Concerning Christian Liberty.” Luther helps us keep things in the proper theological perspe...
Category: Martin Luther
The Creation of Adam and Eve according to Martin Luther
To prepare for this morning’s conversation with Jonathan Fisk about Genesis 1:26-31 on Sharper Iron, I went back and read Luther’s commentary on the...
Progressive Mortification, How to Humble the Flesh
We want to do what is right, but something in us resists doing good. The Bible tells us that it is our sinful flesh that opposes us. This article is...
“Oh Yeah, Jesus Died,” A Summary of the Lutheran Reformation
Republished from 2011… The Reformation, What’s That? What is the Reformation about? We know that 501 years ago, All Saint’s Eve of 1517, a monk and profes...
Martin Luther’s Dispensation Concerning Man
The Disputation Concerning Man The Theses Disputation of the Rev. Sir Dr. Martin Luther Concerning Man, in the Year 1536 (https://www.uni-due.de/collcart/es/sem...
Martin Luther on the Three Waves of Persecution in Christian History
I’m just going to drop these Luther quotations I found here. In three or four places in his commentary on the Psalms Luther puts for a theory that the dev...
Warning against the “Misfortune of Prosperity”
Martin Luther, teaching on Psalm 69, warns about the “misfortune of prosperity.” This passage is worth meditating on… But if we would see corr...
The Three Blessings of Tribulation and Trouble: Martin Luther on Psalm 4:1
Psalm 4 is one of the great evening Psalms, a Psalm of confidence and faith. Verse 1 reads: “You have relieved me in my distresses.” Luther translat...
Martin Luther on Sloth and the Study of God’s Word
Here’s Luther’s introduction to Psalm 117, the shortest of all the Psalms. These paragraphs are very similar to his introduction to the Large Catech...
“It is a Great Art to Know this Christian Dance” or: Seeing Tribulation with “Spiritual Eyes” (Advice from Martin Luther)
I’m doing some work on Martin Luther and “spiritual eyes.” This is a marvellous quotation that doesn’t fit in the article, his commentar...
Martin Luther on the Doctrine of the Call (Commentary on Galatians 1:1)
Martin Luther is phenomenal on the doctrine of the call. Here are his comments on Galatians 1:1, reminding us of the importance of the call. This is a challengi...
Martin Luther: Forgiveness Won, Forgiveness Delivered
This should be learned: So that our readers may the better perceive our teaching I shall clearly and broadly describe it. We treat of the forgiveness of sins in...
“Luther’s essay on Christian Liberty has more truth in the first 13 pages than all of them…”
From Clay: I have read a lot of Christian books, I’d say at least 200. And participated in many “Bible studies” where these books were...
Preachers that Don’t Bark
“Dumb dogs, they cannot bark,” (Isaiah 56:9) The dog is a picture of the preacher in whom there is watchfulness and faithfulness. He is on guard by ...
The gospel in the Old Testament, Martin Luther traces the golden thread of the promise of Christ in his preface to the New Testament
Here’s the text: Now to strengthen this faith, God promised this Gospel and testament in many ways, by the prophets in the Old Testament, as St. Paul says...
More on Mortification: Martin Luther on the Good Works Towards Our Own Body
The following excerpt is from Luther’s Freedom of the Christian, 1520 (p 35-45). You can download the entire text for free here, or order it for $5 here. ...
Martin Luther’s Genesis Commentary (1-4) Audio Book
Thank the Lord for Pastor McCoy, who recorded the audio of Luther’s Genesis (1-4) Commentary. You can listen to it all here for free, or download the audi...
Rescued from Crumbling Tower: Luther’s Picture of the Troubles of the Last Day
For I know that you need such redemption, and in order that you may have it I must come thus and make an end of the world; for if I...
A Candle that Cannot Be Blown Out: Luther on the History of the Church
You, no doubt, have noticed that this October 31st is the 500th anniversary of Luther’s posting of the Ninety-Five Theses against the selling of indulgences. Th...
Martin Luther’s Introduction to the Psalms
PREFACE TO THE PSALMS. Martin Luther. Many of the holy fathers have highly eulogised the Psalms, and preferred them to the other sacred books of Scripture. The ...