Meet Martin Luther:
He was the most influential man of his day. The movement that began with his posting of the Ninety-Five Theses reshaped Europe, redirected Christian history, and recovered the truth of God’s Word. Five hundred years later, what is Luther’s legacy? In this volume, R.C. Sproul, Stephen J. Nichols, and thirteen other scholars and pastors examine his life, teaching, and enduring influence. Meet Martin Luther, the mercurial Reformer who, out of love for the truth and the desire to bring it to light, set the world ablaze.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Why Luther Matters Today – R.C. Sproul and Stephen J. Nichols
Part One: Luther’s Life
1. A Gracious God and a Neurotic Monk – Stephen J. Nichols
2. A Mighty Fortress is our God: Luther as a Man of Conflict (1520s) – Steven J. Lawson
3. Faithful to the end: Luther in His Later Years (1530s-1546) – David B. Calhoun
4. The Family Man: Luther at Home – Joel R. Beeke
Part Two: Luther’s Thought
5. Scripture Alone: Luther’s Doctrine of Scripture – Michael S. Horton
6. By Faith Alone: Luther and the Doctrine of Justification – Guy Prentiss Waters
7. Grace Alone: Luther and the Christian Life – Sinclair B. Ferguson
8. Christ Alone: Luther on Christ, the Sacraments, and the Church – W. Robert Godfrey
9. The Glory of God Alone: Luther on Vocation – Gene Edward Veith
Part Three: Luther’s Legacy
10. Correctly and Profitably Read Scripture: Luther the Biblical Scholar – Aaron Clay Denlinger
11. The Man in the Middle: Luther Among the Reformers – Scott M. Manetsch
12. The Fury of Theologians: Lutheran Theology After Luther – Sean Michael Lucas
13. A New Song Begun: Luther and Music – Terry Yount
14. Spare Everything but the Word: Luther as Preacher – Derek W.H. Thomas
Reflection: Luther and the Life of the Pastor-Theologian – R.C. Sproul
Appendix: The Ninety-Five Theses
Author
R. C. Sproul has served the church as a seminary professor, preacher, and author of more than sixty books. He is the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries and can be heard teaching daily on the radio program “Renewing Your Mind”, which broadcasts on more than three hundred radio outlets in the United States and throughout fifty countries.
Endorsement
“This book is a timely reminder that the church of our generation needs to be reformed anew. We desperately need someone like Luther to lift the banner of the gospel high, to shake worldly evangelicals out of their blind spiritual stupor, and to declare war on the devil in Christ’s name.” – JOHN MACARTHUR, from his foreword
