A Word from Bob: Today’s post is Part 5 in a week-long blog mini-series on Reformation Week and the life and ministry of Martin Luther. You can read Part 1 here: How Do We Find Peace with a Holy God? You can read Part 2 here: Luther’s Spiritual Separation Anxiety. You can read Part 3 here: A Hopeless Sinner in the Hands of an Angry God. You can read Part 4 here: Works Do Not Work. I’ve developed this blog mini-series from my book Counseling Under the Cross: How Martin Luther Applied the Gospel to Daily Life.
In Sheer Joy of Discovery, Luther Launched a Reformation
How did Luther move from spiritual separation anxiety to spiritual shalom with God?
Luther came to believe that he could never satisfy God through himself or through the church. As Luther came to the end of his rope, God sent him a rope of hope in the form of Johann von Staupitz.
Upon his return from Rome, Luther was transferred from Erfurt to Wittenberg, where he lived in the Augustinian cloister at the opposite end from the Castle Church. The chief glory of the village was the university. In 1511, Luther was
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