Writings

The role of images and fasting in the church.

Luther’s plea for all Christians to confess their sins to their fellow Christians, clergy or not.

On making a law of what is free vs. the freedom of the gospel.

We are to come together, listen to God’s Word, launch up to heaven a strong, effectual prayer, and laud and praise God’s goodness with thanksgiving.

And as a hen sits upon her eggs, warming her eggs and infusing into them animation, so the Holy Spirit brooded as it were on… Read More »Genesis Commentary, 1 of 10

Reason has only a left-handed and a partial knowledge of God. The proper way to acquire a knowledge of God is the right-handed one.

God’s Word cannot be present without God’s people, and God’s people cannot be without God’s Word.

The Church cannot be without bishops, pastors, preachers, priests; on the other hand, they cannot be without the Church; both must be together.

In this section of the treatise, Luther develops the notion of the joyful exchange and describes how in Christ all Christians are kings and priests.

It ought to be a matter of great honor and satisfaction for you to see your son an angel in the empire and an apostle… Read More »A Sermon on Keeping Children in School, 2 of 2