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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... godly heart. I hope that it will prove to be very useful to Your Lordship in your present condition. It has two sections: the first contains the images of seven evils, in the contemplation of which present troubles may be lightened; and ...
... godly heart. I hope that it will prove to be very useful to Your Lordship in your present condition. It has two sections: the first contains the images of seven evils, in the contemplation of which present troubles may be lightened; and ...
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... godly death. Before his end I wrote him a letter of consolation. The parish clergyman read it to him and asked whether he believed what he had heard. He answered: “Of course! If I didn't believe it, I'd be a knave.” TO MRS. JOHN LUTHER ...
... godly death. Before his end I wrote him a letter of consolation. The parish clergyman read it to him and asked whether he believed what he had heard. He answered: “Of course! If I didn't believe it, I'd be a knave.” TO MRS. JOHN LUTHER ...
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... godly things. When he left he committed her to the protection of our dear Lord. TO ANDREW EBERT. August 5, 1536 A clergyman in Frankfurt on the Oder, Andrew Ebert wrote to Luther at the close of July, 1536,{121} to ask for advice ...
... godly things. When he left he committed her to the protection of our dear Lord. TO ANDREW EBERT. August 5, 1536 A clergyman in Frankfurt on the Oder, Andrew Ebert wrote to Luther at the close of July, 1536,{121} to ask for advice ...
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... godly readily believe. Nowhere is penitence to be found, but only untamed obstinacy. God have mercy on us. Amen. Greet all our friends. Yours, Martin Luther. Monday after Rogate, 1542. TABLE TALK RECORDED BY CASPAR HEYDENREICH ...
... godly readily believe. Nowhere is penitence to be found, but only untamed obstinacy. God have mercy on us. Amen. Greet all our friends. Yours, Martin Luther. Monday after Rogate, 1542. TABLE TALK RECORDED BY CASPAR HEYDENREICH ...
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... godly affection which binds a husband to his wife is so strong that it cannot easily be shaken off, and this feeling of sorrow is not so displeasing to God, if only it be held in check, since it is an expression of what God has Martin ...
... godly affection which binds a husband to his wife is so strong that it cannot easily be shaken off, and this feeling of sorrow is not so displeasing to God, if only it be held in check, since it is an expression of what God has Martin ...
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