In this treatise Luther discusses the relationship of clergy and laity in the Christian church. He points out the artificial walls of superiority that the Catholic Church had created around itself and its clergy to guard ...

This is Joel D. Otto's reaction to Jason D. Oakland's "Luther's Call to Action: A Consideration of To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation" for 2020 Symposium on Martin Luther’s 1520 Treatises.

After deconstructing the walls with which the Catholic Church guarded its spiritual-temporal power in his treatise To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, Luther moves on to challenge the Catholic Church’s central ...

This is Steven J. Pagels's reaction to Benjamin Schaefer's "'Breaking Free': Martin Luther's Babylonian Captivity of the Church in Context" for 2020 Symposium on Martin Luther’s 1520 Treatises.

These two essays were the first and last of Luther’s 1520 treatises and they reveal the spirit behind the writings. In them, Luther gives a clear exposition on the Christian life and the relationship between faith and good ...

This is Stephen H. Geiger's reaction to Mark A. Paustian's "I Am Convinced: A Devotional Appropriation of Romans 8 to the Life of the Pastor" for 2021 Symposium on Pastoral Wellness.

This is Bradley D. Wordell's reaction to Ryan D. Kolander's "Cultivating a Culture of Compassion: The Opportunity is Ours" for 2022 Symposium on Compassion Ministry.

It’s easy to speak about the grace of God in an abstract, ethereal kind of way—it’s out there somewhere, because it’s everywhere – which is about as useful as saying – it’s nowhere. Rather than remain in ethereal, impenetrable ...

Chuck Westra’s essay, The WELS in Colorado Springs: The Suspension of Mt. Olive Ev. Luth. Church (1988), recounts the events leading to the suspension of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church from the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran ...

Throughout history, it has been God’s will that there be a public ministry of spiritual teaching and oversight, through which God guides and blesses his people spiritually. In the NT era, we have the public ministry of the ...