An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will: A Historical Introduction

By Amy Mantravadi

10/10/25

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An Introduction to the Bondage of the Will: A Historical Introduction

This is the first 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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He declared you what you might not always feel you are, but what you were from the moment he knew you, before you were you, when he foreknew you.

Wade Johnston

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For We Do Not Know What to Pray for As We Ought

Sometimes, we get prayer dementia. We can’t remember what we were going to pray for, we can’t put the words together, and, frustrated, there is nothing we can do but sigh and groan.

Paul Koch

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The more I got to know Dr. Rosenbladt, the more I saw that he wasn’t a man divided.

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More than a Professor: Remembering Rod Rosenbladt

Anyone could tell he enjoyed teaching theology and loved his students.

Wade Johnston

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The Worst Trade in History

In normal human relationships, when reconciliation is necessary, we place the burden on the person who did wrong, who disrupted the relationship.

Amy Mantravadi

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Johann Spangenberg on Dying Well

A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.

Bradley Gray

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A Hill to Die On

Your justification isn’t a matter of “Jesus plus” anything.

Donavon Riley

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The Gospel Breaks Down Fences

It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.

Amy Mantravadi

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Martin Chemnitz and God’s Election of His Own

Amy Mantravadi shares about the importance and influlnce of Martin Chemitz in the predestination controversy.

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Fat Hearts

How’s your ticker?

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Assurance of Salvation in the Reformed and Lutheran Traditions

In this article Amy Mantravadi give a short but helpful summary of the differences in Lutheran and Reformed thought regarding assurance.

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God has a hall ready for us, for us and for so many more

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