Have I Done Enough For God? (Luther)

Near the end of one of his greatest works, The Bondage of The Will, Martin Luther explained his position on "free will" in personal terms. I highlighted this in my copy way back in September 2001. I still think it's a wonderful passage and I hope you enjoy it as well: For my own part, …

My Race is Over; My Work Is Done: A Hymn for the Death-Bed (Luther)

Here's a hymn Martin Luther wrote based on 2 Timothy 4:7 (I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith [NIV]). May the Lord give us the grace to view our deaths in this way! Farewell! fond friends, that weeping standAround my dreary dying bed;I journey to the …

Love Covers All Transgressions: Monday Meditation (Luther)

One of my favorite Proverbs is found in 10:12: Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions. (NASB) Martin Luther had some helpful reflections on this wonderful verse. This is a good Monday meditation! Where hatred and enmity dwell in the heart, they must inevitably stir up strife and bring misfortune. Animosity cannot restrain …

The Reformed Reader Turns Fifteen: An Anniversary Post

Last week I saw a note here on WordPress that the Reformed Reader blog is fifteen years old this month. Sure enough, looking back, I saw that we started the blog up in September of 2007. In the big picture of the Christian life a blog is pretty insignificant. But still, we're thankful to the …

Faith Does Not Say, “What Have I Done?” (Luther)

In Galatians 2:4-5 the Apostle wrote this:  [Now] this matter arose [because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves]. But [we did not surrender to them even for a moment, in order that the truth of the …