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LUTHER?S WORKS - VOLUME 79 IBD

CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE
09 / 2009
9780758675378
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Sinopsis

About this VolumeThis volume completes theáChurch Postil, bringing forth LutherâÇÖs sermons on Epistle and Gospel texts from the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity to the end of the Church Year, plus LutherâÇÖs sermons on Ephesians 6:10-17, which have never before been translated and were previously omitted from theáChurch Postil.LutherâÇÖs preaching in the Summer Postil, as edited by Caspar Cruciger, is mostly didactic and hortatory. His sermons are often expository, explaining the biblical text verse by verse, and sometimes topical, teaching subjects that the biblical text mentions. In both cases, his preaching sticks close to the Bible. As a result, his sermons present the Law and the Gospel in manifold ways and succeed in avoiding formulaic expressions and clichés.In this work, Luther admonishes and teaches his hearers constantly, but he also consoles their consciences. He does this in accord with the text he is preaching. In all cases, God reveals Himself as the believerâÇÖs loving Father. The basis of this loving, paternal relationship is the mediation of the Son, Jesus Christ, in terms of His obedience to GodâÇÖs Law, bearing His peopleâÇÖs sins, taking GodâÇÖs wrath upon Himself, His suffering and death, and interceding for His people. Luther emphasizes that the results of this Gospel areáreal. Believers are improved in heart, mind, and behavior. Christians begin to conform to GodâÇÖs will and Law, and they even partake of the divine nature. Over and over, Luther describes the Christian life as a struggle between faith and doubt, or between faith and other vices, or between the believer and the devil.Luther has been characterized as the man between God and the devil, and the same thing could be said about his postil sermons. Here Luther is a theologian of the church militant, battling SatanâÇÖs temptations in the hearts of his hearers using GodâÇÖs weapons-most especially the Spirit-bestowing Word of God.About the SeriesThe 28 planned volumes are intended to reflect both modern and sixteenth-century interests and to expand the coverage of genres underrepresented in the existing volumes of LutherâÇÖs Works, such as LutherâÇÖs sermons and disputations. The primary basis for the translation is the comprehensive Weimar edition.

PVP
99,07