Writings

This academic disputation from 1518—but only rediscovered about a century ago—is the principal source for the “theology of the cross.”

If we are to be delivered from evil, the name of God must first be hallowed in us, His kingdom must be with us, and… Read More »Large Catechism: Seventh Petition of the Lord’s Prayer

To be baptized in the name of God is to be baptized not by human beings but by God Himself.

God wishes to remove the root and source of this bitterness toward our neighbor.

All our shelter and protection rest in prayer alone.

Marriage is not an exceptional estate, but the most universal and noblest.

Since in this prayer we call God our Father, it is our duty always to deport and conduct ourselves as godly children.

If we look at mankind in all its conditions, it is nothing but a vast, wide stable full of great thieves.

Honor and good name are easily taken away, but not easily restored.

How can water, eating and drinking do such great things?