1. Love is the Law's Interpreter

    book
    07/06/20
    9 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    Love is to be the interpreter of law. Where there is no love, these things are meaningless, and law begins to do harm.
    Love is the Law's Interpreter

  2. Why Do We Rejoice?

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    06/23/20
    5 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    Only through Christ and his work are our sins forgiven, and our consciences set free and made glad.
    Why Do We Rejoice?

  3. We Do Not Mingle Law and Grace

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    06/05/20
    6 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    Christ is joy and sweetness to a broken heart. Christ is a lover of poor sinners, and such a lover that He gave Himself for us.
    We Do Not Mingle Law and Grace

  4. Was the Son of God a Sinner?

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    05/19/20
    7 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    I am told that it is preposterous and wicked to call the Son of God a cursed sinner. I answer: If you deny that He is a condemned sinner, you are forced to deny that Christ died.
    Was the Son of God a Sinner?

  5. Dear Death, What Has Become of Your Spear?

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    03/12/20
    7 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    Paul says that the power of sin is the law. The more clearly we understand the law, the more sin oppresses and stings us.
    Dear Death, What Has Become of Your Spear?

  6. The Anchor of John 3:16

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    03/03/20
    8 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    Christ teaches that we are not lost, but have eternal life. That God has so loved us that he allowed the ransom to cost him his only beloved child.
    The Anchor of John 3:16

  7. God's Description In Two Words

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    02/05/20
    6 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    I venture to assert I have never read, in the entire Scriptures, words more beautifully expressive of the grace of God than these two children words.
    God's Description In Two Words

  8. God's Humility For You

    book
    11/20/19
    11 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    Here is truly illustrated the truth that no one comes to Christ except the Father draw him; and with what power, what delicious sweetness, the Father allures!
    God's Humility For You

  9. "Your Sins Are Forgiven" Is Christianity

    book
    09/26/19
    10 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    The kingdom of Christ is realized where nothing but comfort and the forgiveness of sins reign not only in words to proclaim it, which is also necessary; but also in deed.

  10. Putting Your Righteousness on the Line to Love Sinners

    book
    09/16/19
    11 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    A truly Christian work is it that we descend and get mixed up in the mire of the sinner as deeply as he sticks there himself.
    Putting Your Righteousness on the Line to Love Sinners

  11. Calling Your Anger "Righteousness"

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    07/08/19
    8 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    These three: to judge, to avenge, and to glory, have been taken from us, and no person should share in them.
    Calling Your Anger

  12. Vice, Virtue & the Christian

    book
    06/18/19
    7 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    Naturally each individual forgets the beam in his own eye and perceives only the mote in his neighbor’s. One will not bear with the faults of the other; each requires perfection of his fellow.
    Vice, Virtue & the Christian
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