Luther on God’s Governance of the World
Here is some fantastic insight from Luther on how God governs the lowly. Furthermore, God’s presence in this most humble kind of life should be recognized. Like...
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Martin Luther on Christmas, Devotional Excerpts
...we may now boast that God has become our brother, nay our flesh and blood. (Martin Luther, Christmas Sermon)
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...
Another from Martin Luther on the Three Estates, and a Stunning insight into the Nature of the Sacraments
Here’s another Luther quotation about the Three Estates that we’ve added to our Three Estates Quotation Collection Post here. Thanks, Kevin, for sen...
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...
Spiritual Eyes
Spiritual Eyes. There are two very different and competing ideas about the authority of our eyes. One the one hand, the world teaches us that “Seeing is ...
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...
Martin Luther’s Top Five “Beer” Quotations
Martin Luther and beer. It’s a famous story. Here are the top five Luther quotations regarding the “loudmouth-soap.” #5: A Letter to Ka...
“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...
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 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 ...
Everyone’s Luther: Genesis Chapter Three Commentary
One of the most important chapters in the Bible, Genesis three teaches us about humanity’s fall into sin and the Lord’s first promise of redemption....
Martin Luther’s “Temporal Authority, To What Extent It Should Be Obeyed”
In 1523 Luther wrote a nice little piece called “Temporal Authority, To What Extent It Should Be Obeyed.” It’s published in Luther’s Wor...
Luther on Wisdom
The Old Flamme put together three classes on wisdom. The first was from the Scriptures, the second from the ancient church fathers, and the third, last night...
Martin Luther’s Commentary on Genesis 2, Published!
FREE PDF DOWNLOAD | BOOK $5 (Lulu link) Another day, another chapter of Luther’s Genesis Commentary! If you guys can wait a few days, I think we’ll ...
Martin Luther’s “Concerning Christian Liberty” Republished
Concerning Christian Liberty (1520) FREE DOWNLOAD | PRINT EDITION (Lulu $5) From the introduction: The Freedom of the Christian is one of the three great essay...
Martin Luther’s Account of the Diet of Worms
From “The Life of Martin Luther Gathered from His Own Writings” (p. 52-55, please note that I’ve found a few historical errors in the book, an...