03 November 2009

I love Luther

Did ever any man preach like this? Homily for Trinity 22 (House Postils, p. 136):

For this business of faith in the forgiveness of sins is just as if someone were aiming a loaded gun in your face and was ready to pull the trigger, and yet you are to believe and say, Not to worry!
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:51 AM

    Are you on facebook or twitter?

    Trying to find other lutherans to connect with (LCMS).

    http://facebook.com/hanoverlutheran

    http://twitter.com/hanoverlutheran

    I am just getting started and hope to provide more ...like you!

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  2. Unknown7:52 PM

    I am a member of the LCMS
    www.facebook.com/carolconwayfleisher

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  3. Anonymous7:14 AM

    Was this quote from Luther? I do not think guns were developed for another 100 years after Luther.

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  4. William Weedon9:00 AM

    Yes, it was from Luther. I was rather surprised by that too.

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  5. Edward Reiss10:55 AM

    Guns were just coming into normal use at the time of Luther. Luther flourished during the wars of Cortez, for instance, and it is well known the Spanish had guns--though in primitive form.

    Having said that, I too was surprised by the use of the word "gun".

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  6. Rev. Paul T. McCain5:27 AM

    Wouldn't you know? German were the first to get the matchlock firearm working on the field of battle, already in the early 1400s.

    http://www.sfusd.edu/schwww/sch618/War/Cannon.html

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  7. Larry Luder10:03 AM

    Go figure, the likely invention of firearms is due to the 14th century German friar, Berthold Schwarz.

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