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| Luther is cool again. |
All the synods have offered a gratuitous nod toward Luther for the Reformation's 500th. Now they can stop pretending and run back to Rome or forward to Fuller Seminary, their twin sources for nourishment.
Volumes 4 and 5 of The Sermons of Martin Luther are in the finishing stages - that is - I have completed my efforts on the Gospel sermons. Janie Sullivan is finishing Volume 4 and Norma A. Boeckler is adding art to Volume 5.
Anyone will be able to order Volumes 1-5 in the Student Economy Edition for roughly $25 plus shipping and taxes (author's price). It is a big savings to get multiple copies sent at once.
I am doing this so people can get Luther's work around for very little. No profit is figured into this so that cost is no barrier.
The color version of the same volumes, author's price, is about $30 per volume. Retail is much higher for both versions, with Amazon keeping almost all the difference. So the idea from the start was to provide Luther for very little cost.
When this is done in 2018, God willing, the entire BW set plus the Gems (a separate volume) will be about $45 or so. The Gems will be collected in one smaller volume and be all color. Some may want to send around the Gems alone, because it is a great introduction to the Biblical theology of Luther.
The Lutheran Reformation did not promote a denomination or sing praises to their man-made institutions. Instead, the leaders sought to clarify the meaning of the Holy Scriptures. Luther did not worry about numbers but concerned himself with being faithful to the Word of God.
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| Confessional is a popular term, but most unpopular among the leaders. Neuhaus called himself a Confessional Lutheran while preparing to become a Roman Catholic priest. |
