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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... wives and husbands. He used his good offices to assist refugees and relieve the plight of people who were suffering from oppression or persecution (see Chapter VII), and he called upon the authorities to intervene in time of famine (see ...
... wives and husbands. He used his good offices to assist refugees and relieve the plight of people who were suffering from oppression or persecution (see Chapter VII), and he called upon the authorities to intervene in time of famine (see ...
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... wife and marry again? Should the unbelieving be buried in a churchyard with the rites of the Church? Are suicides to be buried in the same fashion as those who die a natural death? What is to be said about women as preachers? Is the ...
... wife and marry again? Should the unbelieving be buried in a churchyard with the rites of the Church? Are suicides to be buried in the same fashion as those who die a natural death? What is to be said about women as preachers? Is the ...
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... wife and friends, so suddenly was I deprived of all strength. But the Lord was merciful and speedily restored me. I beg, therefore, that you will pray the Lord for me that he may not forsake his sinner. Farewell in the Lord. It is ...
... wife and friends, so suddenly was I deprived of all strength. But the Lord was merciful and speedily restored me. I beg, therefore, that you will pray the Lord for me that he may not forsake his sinner. Farewell in the Lord. It is ...
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... wife from the convent in Nimbschen. She was a beloved member of the household and helped to care for and teach the Reformer's children. In 1537 she fell ill and died. The following is an observer's account of Luther's last ministry to ...
... wife from the convent in Nimbschen. She was a beloved member of the household and helped to care for and teach the Reformer's children. In 1537 she fell ill and died. The following is an observer's account of Luther's last ministry to ...
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... wife wept loudly, Martin Luther comforted her by saying: “Remember where she is going. It will be well with her. The flesh dies but the spirit lives. Children do not argue. They believe what they are told. To children everything is ...
... wife wept loudly, Martin Luther comforted her by saying: “Remember where she is going. It will be well with her. The flesh dies but the spirit lives. Children do not argue. They believe what they are told. To children everything is ...
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