This essay reviews Luther’s teaching about the universal priesthood of all believers and its relationship to the public ministry. The study naturally leads to a review of Luther’s thought on the family and the nobility of ...

This essay reviews Luther’s ministry as interpreter of the Bible. Topics include: Luther, the university lecturer and cultivator of pastors; Luther the law/gospel preacher; Luther the translator of Scripture; and Luther’s ...

This essay demonstrates how Luther’s attitude toward the means of grace made Lutheranism unique for its time in its struggle to keep church and state separate: Since only the gospel can create faith and preserve orthodoxy, ...

This is Paul S. Naumann's reaction to Mark E. Braun's "Martin Luther and the State" for 2017 Symposium on Reformation 500 (Martin Luther).

This is Justin C. Cloute's reaction to Paul O. Wendland's "Martin Luther--God's Voice" for 2017 Symposium on Reformation 500 (Martin Luther).

This is Nathaniel J. Biebert's reaction to Kenneth A. Cherney Jr.'s "Core Like a Rock: Luther's Theological Center" for 2017 Symposium on Reformation 500 (Martin Luther).

Reformation Rediscovered: Worship Principles and Practices that Call for Thanksgiving by Jacob C. Behnken, delivered at the 2024 Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Symposium, examines foundational principles of worship that were ...

This is Robert E. Wendland's reaction to James C. Danell's "The Freedom of a Christian and Treatise on Good Works" for 2020 Symposium on Martin Luther’s 1520 Treatises.

In this treatise Luther discusses the relationship of clergy and laity in the Christian church. He points out the artificial walls of superiority that the Catholic Church had created around itself and its clergy to guard ...

This is Joel D. Otto's reaction to Jason D. Oakland's "Luther's Call to Action: A Consideration of To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation" for 2020 Symposium on Martin Luther’s 1520 Treatises.