Luther: Letters of Spiritual CounselPickle Partners Publishing, 2018 M09 3 - 349 pages Martin Luther is often thought of as a world-shaking figure who defied papacy and empire to introduce a reformation in the teaching, worship, organization, and life of the church. Sometimes it is forgotten that he was also a pastor and shepherd of souls. Collected in this volume are Luther’s letters of spiritual counsel, which he offered to his contemporaries in the midst of sickness, death, persecution, imprisonment, famine, and political instability. For Luther, spiritual counsel was about establishing, nurturing, and strengthening faith. Freshly translated from the original German and Latin, these letters shed light on the fascinating relationship between his pastoral counsel and his theology. “Since spiritual direction is not the wholesale application of general principles, but the painstaking working out of spirituality in specific situations, the personal letter is one of its best expressions. Luther knew the holy gospel and the human heart, and the double knowledge is evident on the pages of these letters.”—Eugene H. Peterson, Regent College |
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... table talks.{37} The Reformer sometimes read his correspondence to friends and students who gathered about his ... conversations and later transcribed them. Occasionally they recorded what Luther said and did outside of his home, and ...
... table talks.{37} The Reformer sometimes read his correspondence to friends and students who gathered about his ... conversations and later transcribed them. Occasionally they recorded what Luther said and did outside of his home, and ...
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... Greet my dear mother and all my friends. God's grace and strength be and abide with you forever. Amen. Your loving son, Martin Luther. February 15, 1530. TABLE TALK RECORDED BY JOHN SCHLAGINHAUFEN.{65} Spring, 1532 I thank.
... Greet my dear mother and all my friends. God's grace and strength be and abide with you forever. Amen. Your loving son, Martin Luther. February 15, 1530. TABLE TALK RECORDED BY JOHN SCHLAGINHAUFEN.{65} Spring, 1532 I thank.
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Martin Luther. TABLE TALK RECORDED BY JOHN SCHLAGINHAUFEN.{65} Spring, 1532 I thank God that my father died a godly death. Before his end I wrote him a letter of consolation. The parish clergyman read it to him and asked whether he ...
Martin Luther. TABLE TALK RECORDED BY JOHN SCHLAGINHAUFEN.{65} Spring, 1532 I thank God that my father died a godly death. Before his end I wrote him a letter of consolation. The parish clergyman read it to him and asked whether he ...
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... TABLE TALK RECORDED BY CONRAD CORDATUS. Autumn, 1531 A former Roman priest, Conrad Cordatus (1475-1546) became a bold and tenacious follower of Luther. He was involved in various controversies and was made to suffer for his faith. After ...
... TABLE TALK RECORDED BY CONRAD CORDATUS. Autumn, 1531 A former Roman priest, Conrad Cordatus (1475-1546) became a bold and tenacious follower of Luther. He was involved in various controversies and was made to suffer for his faith. After ...
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... TABLE TALK RECORDED BY ANTHONY. LAUTERBACH. March, 1536 In 1532, Anthony Lauterbach (1502-1569) was made deacon in Leisnig, where he married a former nun. Later he served as deacon in Wittenberg for several years before going to Pima ...
... TABLE TALK RECORDED BY ANTHONY. LAUTERBACH. March, 1536 In 1532, Anthony Lauterbach (1502-1569) was made deacon in Leisnig, where he married a former nun. Later he served as deacon in Wittenberg for several years before going to Pima ...
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