Defy Everything But Have Faith in Christ
“Let us…commit the affairs of men to God in faithful prayer, and be calm. What can they do? Will they kill [me]? Will…
“Let us…commit the affairs of men to God in faithful prayer, and be calm. What can they do? Will they kill [me]? Will…
“For where God’s Word is preached, accepted, or believed, and bears fruit, there the holy and precious cross will also not be far…
Although I am a convert to the traditional Lutheran confessions and believe the historic liturgy is generally the proper form of Christian worship,…
Luther had already completed his treatise, Temporal Authority: To What Extent It Should Be Obeyed, in December 1522, but it was not published until…
“We dare not encourage the mob very much. It goes mad too quickly…And it is better for tyrants to wrong them a hundred…
In the last quarter of 1519, Dr. Martin Luther published three sermons on the sacraments of penance, baptism, and Lord’s Supper. He wrote…
Dr. Martin Luther lectured on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians from late October 1516 to March 1517. In addition to his earlier…
Many Lutherans sing the beloved hymn, O Sacred Head Now Wounded, (LSB 450) during Lent and especially on Good Friday. Paul Gerhardt wrote…
In 1519, Luther published an edited copy of his lectures on Galatians. This text represented his clearest exposition of the doctrine of justification. …
An examination of Luther’s lectures on Romans in 1515-1516 reveals significant changes in his understanding of justification. In these lectures, he began to…
In 1545, Martin Luther wrote the preface for the publication of his complete works in Latin. Therein he included a biographical statement that…
“Daily in this world we live with murder, lying, betrayal, stealing, robbing, and all manner of shameful evil, depravity, and vexation, so that…
In my previous post (Luther at Augsburg) I described Martin Luther’s meeting with Cardinal Cajetan at Augsburg in October 1518. There Luther had…
The publication of Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses in late 1517 initiated theological debates over the nature of grace and faith, true repentance, and authority in…
“If anybody wishes to become a theologian, he has a great advantage, first of all, in having the Bible. This is now so…
In 1527 Dr. Martin Luther wrote his first major treatise on the Lord’s Supper: That These Words of Christ, “This Is My Body,”…
In the film, The Devil’s Advocate, Al Pacino’s character (the devil) states: “Vanity is definitely my favorite sin.” This sin coupled with wealth…
In a previous post, I described how Dr. Luther recognized St. Paul’s pattern of teaching good works and virtues after the preaching of…
By the early 1530s Dr. Martin Luther had taught concerning the nature of the ministry and the call of pastors in various writings. …
In 1512 Martin Luther became a doctor of theology. He wrote a large number of theological works on various topics and participated in…
Our observation of the 500th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther’s publication of the Ninety-Five Theses took place a few months ago. However, this…
“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…
This is part one of a series of twelve newsletter articles written by Rev. Neil L. Carlson for the 500th anniversary of the…
“Out of love and zeal for truth and the desire to bring it to light, the following theses will be publicly discussed at…
“I have seen many youths, excellently brought up and very well educated, who nevertheless became completely corrupt once they lost their teachers and…