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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... grace and peace in Christ. My dear Lord and Friend, Chancellor Müller: I address you thus, and it is right that I do so, although this may displease some of your colleagues. I have received your letter, and also the pitchers. They ...
... grace and peace in Christ. My dear Lord and Friend, Chancellor Müller: I address you thus, and it is right that I do so, although this may displease some of your colleagues. I have received your letter, and also the pitchers. They ...
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... grace and peace in Christ, who is our peace and solace. My dear Urban: Your report that you are buffeted by.
... grace and peace in Christ, who is our peace and solace. My dear Urban: Your report that you are buffeted by.
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... grace and peace. My dear Frederick: I received your letter in which you report that you are sick unto death—that is, if you interpret it rightly and spiritually, sick unto life. I was singularly pleased to learn that you are unafraid of ...
... grace and peace. My dear Frederick: I received your letter in which you report that you are sick unto death—that is, if you interpret it rightly and spiritually, sick unto life. I was singularly pleased to learn that you are unafraid of ...
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... grace and peace. My dear Jonas: I was very sorry to read that you too suffered from the illness which overtook me in Smalcald—namely, tenesmus{138}—and I thank God that he restored you to health. To prevent a recurrence of such an ...
... grace and peace. My dear Jonas: I was very sorry to read that you too suffered from the illness which overtook me in Smalcald—namely, tenesmus{138}—and I thank God that he restored you to health. To prevent a recurrence of such an ...
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... Grace and peace in Christ. Honored Sir: Moved by Christian concern and loyalty, Vincent Wernsdorfer{153} has urged me to write this letter to you. I ask at the outset that you receive it kindly. He told me that since the death of your ...
... Grace and peace in Christ. Honored Sir: Moved by Christian concern and loyalty, Vincent Wernsdorfer{153} has urged me to write this letter to you. I ask at the outset that you receive it kindly. He told me that since the death of your ...
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