Writings

Before you can take Christ as an example, you must receive him as gift.

When we now attempt to speak of that image we speak of a thing unknown, an image which we not only have never experienced.

Whose faith matters in baptism?

Do unto others as Christ has done unto you—and a concluding word “for the sake of those to whom nothing can be stated so well… Read More »The Freedom of a Christian, 4 of 4

How to reform and why.

In Luther’s first major treatise on the sacraments, he attacks the withholding of the cup from the laity and mandating belief in transubstantiation as the… Read More »The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, 1 of 4

An early plea for religious freedom—for spiritual reasons.

The difference between a sacrament and a sacrifice—and why a promise can be received only by faith.

How to use the Bible in the process of reform.

Faith and promise again, this time in the sacrament of baptism.