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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... listen to the sweet words, “Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” And we must not doubt that they are certainly true. More than that, we are commanded to accept their comfort with joy and thanksgiving. Whoever.
... listen to the sweet words, “Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” And we must not doubt that they are certainly true. More than that, we are commanded to accept their comfort with joy and thanksgiving. Whoever.
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Martin Luther. commanded to accept their comfort with joy and thanksgiving. Whoever is unwilling to be comforted by these words does the greatest injustice and dishonor to the Comforter—as if it were not true that he bids us to be of ...
Martin Luther. commanded to accept their comfort with joy and thanksgiving. Whoever is unwilling to be comforted by these words does the greatest injustice and dishonor to the Comforter—as if it were not true that he bids us to be of ...
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... commanded us to be comforted.” This is also the boast of Saint Paul and his defiance of the terrors of death: “'Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?'{70} Like a wooden image of ...
... commanded us to be comforted.” This is also the boast of Saint Paul and his defiance of the terrors of death: “'Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?'{70} Like a wooden image of ...
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... commanded and encouraged us to pray in his name, 'Ask, and ye shall receive'{150}; and who in like manner hast said, 'Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me'{151}; we unworthy sinners, relying ...
... commanded and encouraged us to pray in his name, 'Ask, and ye shall receive'{150}; and who in like manner hast said, 'Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me'{151}; we unworthy sinners, relying ...
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... commanded it. The clergy have no such command concerning Masses and vigils; they are their own little invention to get money and property without helping either the dead or the living. You may inquire further about this from the ...
... commanded it. The clergy have no such command concerning Masses and vigils; they are their own little invention to get money and property without helping either the dead or the living. You may inquire further about this from the ...
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