Devotional Readings from Luther’s Works for Every Day of the Year

by Martin Luther; John Sander

Publisher:

Augustana Book Concern

, 1915

Overview

These selections, taken primarily from Luther’s sermons and devotional writings, supply a devotional text for every day of the year, and include Luther’s comments. This book helps the reader better understand Luther, his Reformation, and the Holy Scriptures, and encourages an encounter with the risen Christ.

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Contents

Top Highlights

“Similarly, no Christian can boast that his own efforts have made him a member of Christ, with other Christians, in the common faith. Nor can he by any work constitute himself a Christian. He performs good works by virtue of having become a Christian, in the new birth, through faith, regardless of any merit of his own. It is evident, then, that good works do not make a Christian, but Christians bring forth good works. The fruit does not make the tree, but the tree produces the fruit. Effect does not produce cause, but cause produces effect.” (Page 36)

“When your trials come, you must not immediately think how you are to be delivered out of them. God will help you in due time. Only wait. It is only for a little while, he will not delay long.” (Page 114)

“Our love and our works are evidence of justification and of a change, since these are impossible until the individual is free from sin and made righteous.” (Page 16)

“Grace does not give license to sin, but where there are many and great sins, there also reigns great, abundant and rich grace.” (Page 236)

“Sincere love makes a distinction between the evil and the person; it is unfriendly to the former, but kind to the latter.” (Page 39)

Product Details

• Title: Devotional Readings from Luther’s Works for Every Day of the Year
• Authors: Martin Luther, John Sander
• Publisher: Augustana Book Concern
• Print Publication Date: 1915
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Devotional calendars › Lutheran Church
• Resource ID: LLS:DVTNLRDNGSVRYYR
• Resource Type: Calendar Devotional
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T18:31:56Z

About Martin Luther

Martin Luther 1483–1546) was a key figure in the Protestant Reformation and one of the most significant figures in Western history. Over the course of his life, he was a monk, a priest, a professor of biblical literature, a Reformer, a husband, and a father.

Luther is most noted for his 95 Theses (1517), in which he argues that indulgences are not acts of penance which can replace true repentance. In 1520, Pope Leo X and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V demanded that Luther retract all of his writings. Luther refused. He was subsequently excommunicated and declared an outlaw.

Luther has been both praised and vilified for what he preached and wrote. His translation of the Christian Bible into the vernacular greatly influenced the church. His works continue to impact all Christians and animate the movement that bears his name. His works are also represented in Martin Luther’s Basic Theological Writings and the Luther’s Works collection.