A Child Is Born Unto You
“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find…
“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find…
“Out of love and zeal for truth and the desire to bring it to light, the following theses will be publicly discussed at…
Here are two hymns for Reformation Day that I wrote, which we’ll be singing in our church this Sunday. If you click the…
“I have seen many youths, excellently brought up and very well educated, who nevertheless became completely corrupt once they lost their teachers and…
“…it is not fitting for me, as a preacher, vested with the spiritual office, to wage war or to counsel war on incite…
In his lectures on Galatians, published in 1535, Dr. Luther discussed the Law as the means by which God reveals sin and brings…
While Martin Luther had formulated the theology of justification from 1515 to 1519, his theological opponents within the papal court called for an…
“A little yeast leavens the whole lump.” Galatians 5:9 In Dr. Luther’s commentary on this verse, we may observe his typical approach in…
Pride (superbia) was the foundation of all sin in medieval piety and theology. A concept well-established on the Bible and the Church Fathers,…
Martin Luther published his edited lectures on Galatians in 1519. In these lectures, we may examine Dr. Luther’s new understanding of justification by…
We saw that Martin Luther began his rediscovery of the Gospel during his lectures on Romans in 1515-16 (Cause of Salvation). Although Dr. Luther…
“In human teachings the righteousness of man is revealed and taught, that is, who is and becomes righteous before himself and before other…
The Evangelical Lutheran princes of the Holy Roman Empire presented their confession of faith to Emperor Charles V on June 25, 1530. This…
Kick off your Reformation celebration this year at the annual Reformation Lectures at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, MN, Thursday, October 27 to Friday, October…
“Filius ita factus est homo, ut a spiritu sancto sine virili opera conciperetur et ex Maria pura, sancta, semper virgine nasceretur…” Dass der…
“This much is sure: Whoever despises the office of the ministry will not think very highly of the Gospel.” [Martin Luther, The Sermon…
“A second question: ‘Suppose my lord were wrong in going to war.’ I reply: If you know for sure that he is wrong,…
The life of the baptized lay person today should look very similar to the life of the baptized in the sixteenth century. Most…
This post is the second on this topic. In order to read part I, go here: Luther on Vocation Part I Dr. Martin Luther…
“Now, if you are afraid to go to the Sacrament, and your conscience frightens you, as if you were unworthy, put this verse…
In the sixteenth century Dr. Martin Luther’s teaching on the office of Christian priesthood liberated the laity from the servitude to an elite…
Growing up, I had no idea that Lutheran was almost synonymous with German heritage (sorry, Preuses, et al.). The little country parish where…
“Thus the most precious treasure and strongest consolation we Christians have is this: that the Word, the true and natural Son of God,…
Martin Luther never softened his message to make it more acceptable. He did not do this for his theological opponents, his colleagues, or…
When Martin Luther published his Ninety-Five Theses in 1517, he sought to redefine the foundation of late medieval piety: the sacrament of penance….