An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will: Election and the Word
By Caleb Keith
10/15/25
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An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will: Election and the Word

This is the fourth installment in our article series, “An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will,” written to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s Bondage of the Will.
An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will: In Bondage to Sin
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
10/14/25

An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will: In Bondage to Sin

This is the third installment in our article series, “An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will,” written to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s Bondage of the Will.
An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will: The Clarity of Scripture
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
10/13/25

An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will: The Clarity of Scripture

This is the second installment in our article series, “An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will,” written to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s Bondage of the Will.

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Martin Luther
Martin Luther
10/14/20

A Question the Christian Must Not Utter

The Gospel is a precious and comforting word. It comforts and refreshes the sad heart. It wrestles it out of the jaws of death and hell and transports it to the certain hope of eternal life, through faith in Christ.
Adam Francisco
Adam Francisco
10/14/20

Luther's Doctrine on the Freedom of the Christian

This is an excerpt from Adam Francisco’s conclusion in “The Freedom of the Christian” written by Martin Luther and translated and edited by Adam Francisco (1517 Publishing, 2020). Pgs. 57-59.
Philip Bartelt
Philip Bartelt
10/12/20

The Eucharist and the Council of Trent

What is it that the 13th session actually has to say about the Eucharist, and how does it compare to what Luther and the reformers confessed about the Lord’s Supper?
Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb
10/11/20

Be Careful with Imperatives

Imperatives are good for many things. Luther said the Law is good, but precisely because it is good, it has become poison and death to the bad. The Law does not give life but evaluates it, and we encounter day in and day out its negative evaluation of us.
Dan van Voorhis
Dan van Voorhis
10/09/20

Christian Freedom, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Neighbor

Understanding that I am completely free in Christ allows me to read the injunction to “love my neighbor as myself” as a promise instead of a threat.
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
10/02/20

Luther at Marburg

Luther's signature insight on the sacraments was that God’s word of promise doesn’t just symbolize an absent reality but that it gives and bestows God’s real favor.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
09/30/20

Good Works Follow Faith

This is an excerpt from “The Freedom of the Christian” written by Martin Luther and translated and edited by Adam Francisco (1517 Publishing, 2020).
Sam Leanza Ortiz
Sam Leanza Ortiz
09/29/20

Michaelmas, Griffith Jones and the Protective Power of the Word

The theme of guardianship permeates Christian observances of Michaelmas, unifying this wide variety of celebrations.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
09/27/20

Authentic Proclamation: How Good Pastoring Factors into Good Preaching

Nothing promotes good preaching quite like actually knowing the Word of Truth and delivering it from a disposition of passionate care, commitment through the long-haul, and life spent together with the people of God.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
09/16/20

The Freedom of the Christian

This is an excerpt from “The Freedom of the Christian” written by Martin Luther and translated and edited by Adam Francisco (1517 Publishing, 2020).
Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb
09/13/20

Sermons on Hymn Texts

The Church's hymns help us see our own world from another—and perhaps not so different—vantage point that illuminates the impact of the work of Christ and the general providing and protecting activity of our Creator in our lives.
Caleb Keith
Caleb Keith
09/11/20

A Different Kind of Catechism

The scope of catechesis from the Reformation was broad and included not only instruction at church but in the home and in schools.
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