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Sermons of Martin Luther, 8 vols., ed., John Nicholas Lenker, Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1983, III, p. 280. Pentecost Sunday John 14:23-31.
quercuscontramalum (http://quercuscontramalum.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Even great people fail | Churchmouse Campanologist...":
Why do you suppose the "Holy Spirit Teaches Man Better Than Books" is the usual leader in reads?
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GJ - Let's look at the all-time list first.
The Luther quotation about the Holy Spirit is only one year old, but it is four times more popular than the number two post, which is now six years old.
ChurchMouse is already on the list, and that was only two months ago. CM continues to be at one or two on the dailies and weekly lists, so I expect it will move up.
One reason for a major page-view ranking is linking at other sites. The pileated woodpecker is seldom seen, so I imagine many bird-watching sites have linked it.
Part of the reason is - I don't know. I never figured that a woodpecker post would be so popular.
Another reason is clear - Luther's statement is one of the best in quashing the oppression of denominational dogma. Many are disgusted with official house theologians communicating the fad of the moment in stained glass English, ready to condemn anyone who questions their magisterial office.
The only magisterial office belongs to the Holy Spirit communicating through the Word of God. No man can or should stand between that revelation and the individual believer.
Each denomination has taken on a Church of Rome attitude in voting upon and declaring what is true or not true. Luther was especially good at his exposition of the Word of God and what it means to all believers. That is why I try to post the appropriate Luther sermon for each Sunday. At first I thought posting all of them was enough, but having them up front is also important.
As you can see, this is a quotation from one of Luther's sermons. The separation of the Holy Spirit from the Word of God is the greatest danger to all Lutherans today. I do not see any effort to remedy that error. The pathetic Leadership propaganda from Wisconsin Lutheran College, the home of Church and Change, is a clear indication of where WELS is going under Mark Schroeder.
The LCMS and ELS are no better. All three claim some kind of confessional status, but the synod presidents are all bedfellows of Thrivent, the Unitarian-Universalists, the United Nations, and their Father Below.
