Recently, I have been re-reading Frederick Nohl's Luther: Biography of a Reformer, and I watched the film "Luther" again. The great Reformer's spiritual struggles and courageous witness have continued to inspire me over the years. Of course, Martin Luther was a real man with some serious human weaknesses, but he was also a faithful Christian, an astute Biblical scholar, and an insightful theologian. Apart from Scripture and the Apostles' Creed, Luther's story has been one of the recurring inspirations in my religious development since I first heard it in Sunday School as a child. At several times of personal religious renewal, I have re-focused on the Scriptural teachings on grace and justification by faith. And each time the centrality of those biblical teachings has been renewed, the role of Luther in proclaiming the Gospel (evangelion) has come to mind.
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