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Martin Luther on a Christian's duty during a plague

Roy Askins in The Lutheran Witness provides the context: In 1527, Luther wrote a letter to a friend because the bubonic plague was passing through Europe again and had struck both Silesia, where his friend lived, and Wittenberg, where Luther lived. ... When the plague struck a town, the wealthy...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 17, 2020 11:12 PM

Reformation history podcast

In honor of the upcoming semimillenial celebration of Martin Luther's 95 Theses, Desiring God Ministries is running a daily series of biographies during the month of October, entitled "Here We Stand: A 31 Day Journey with Heroes of the Reformation," presented both as text and podcast. These are brief --...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 8, 2017 3:43 PM