A Word from Bob: Today’s post is Part 2 in a three-part blog mini-series on Reformation Week and the life and ministry of Martin Luther. You can read Part 1 here: Cropping Christ Back Into Your Picture. I’ve developed this mini-series from my book Counseling Under the Cross: How Martin Luther Applied the Gospel to Daily Life. While many celebrate October 31 as Halloween, Protestants around the world celebrate October 31 as Reformation Day—the day Martin Luther launched the Reformation. This is his story…and our story—the story of the joy of salvation in Christ alone.
The Sufficiency of Scripture
Confident in the sufficiency of the Scriptures, Luther brought the questions that troubled his soul to them, expecting answers. God’s Word was Luther’s daily bread:
“No other study pleased me like that of the Holy Scripture. I read in it diligently and imprinted it upon my memory. Often a single passage of weighty import occupied my thoughts the whole day…. I want only the Word of God and do not ask for any miracle, nor desire any vision, nor will I believe an angel that teaches me anything different from the Word of God.”[i]
A New Picture of Christ: A Suffering
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