Mondays with Marty

In this week's installment from Off the Record with Martin Luther, Luther comments on the danger of allegories:

4448 It is dangerous to play with allegories in Christian instruction. Mostly such words ring sweetly in our ears, but there is nothing behind them. They serve the preachers very well, when they know nothing about the subject or the text. When they do not know the material, and fall into embarrassment, then they grasp for allegories, with which nothing certain is taught. That is why we must get used to sticking with the Holy Text. (p. 226)

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Mondays with Marty

In this week's installment from Off the Record with Martin Luther, Luther comments on the wonder of God's creation of human beings:

2578 He took his infant son Martin on his lap, and said: Oh, to think that God can put such a fine black-haired angel in such a piece of flesh from a stinking sack! It seems to me like taking a pancake and sticking an angel in it. But it is a real art to make a nose, mouth, hands and feet out of of a piece of flesh in a mother's womb. (p. 265)

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Mondays with Marty

In this week's installment from Off the Record with Martin Luther, Luther comments on the role of the Law in the life of the Christian:

2523 When one is in doubt or among others who have lost faith, just strike Moses dead and cover him with stones. When one has recovered, however, then the Law should be preached to him again. But the distressed should never be preached a message of distress. (p. 217)

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