A Word from Bob: Today’s post is Part 6 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. You can read Part 5 here: Finding Peace with God. I’ve developed this blog mini-series from my book Counseling Under the Cross: How Martin Luther Applied the Gospel to Daily Life.
The Sufficiency of Scripture
Confident in the sufficiency and efficacy of the Scriptures, Luther brought the questions that troubled his soul to them, expecting answers. God’s Word was his 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
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