THE GREAT DIVIDE OF THE REFORMATION... However wrongly interpreted it may have been!
If you’re travelling west on the transcontinental train through Canada, along the old Canadian Pacific tracks when you get as far as Alberta, you’ll come to a clearly marked large wooden sign near the British Columb ...more
This book changed my life forever. It is also my first time ever looking into what Martin Luther knew about the Bible, reading one of his books. Prior to reading this I was a Seventh Day Adventist for nearly 5 years. I knew a little about Jesus before Adventism, but was introduced to it through fami ...more
A wonderful reminder of the power of justification by faith alone. From a spiritual perspective, I found the book uplifting, thought-provoking, and encouraging. Yet, I think, what made this book particularly endearing was simply the delight of having one of my favorite people talk about one of my ot ...more
Luther's Commentary on Galatians is an amazing read on God's full and total justification of the believer by faith in Jesus Christ. So often, we are like the Galatians - our heart are prone to stray to "another gospel" that is of works, not of grace. This book truly reminds us that Christ alone sa ...more
Luther regarded this work as among his best. It dealt with the central issues of the Reformation in a clear and decisive way. If you want to know what the Reformation was about, read this book. John Bunyan said of it that there was no book apart from the Bible better suited to help a wounded conscie ...more
In the introduction, J.I. Packer writes that Luther's Commentary on Galatians is, "undoubtedly the finest and most powerful paean on justification that any Reformer ever uttered". It aided Charles Wesley in coming to saving faith. Wesley would later write the hymn Hark the Herald Angels Sing. John B ...more
Fantastic! This is an abridged version, I believe. The unabridged version runs many hundreds of pages. Even so, this is full of many lustrous insights.
The message of the first four chapters is hammered home with admirable consistency: we are justified by faith, not by works. Those who teach that any ...more
This commentary refreshed my understanding of the gospel and my joy in the gospel.
Read this commentary if you want to distinguish between the law and gospel, have Christ set before your eyes, encourage a guilty conscience, or learn how to speak the gospel to yourself and others. Possibly you just w ...more
This book is a great blessing and also a great lesson in an unexpected fashion.
The spiritual truths illustrated are powerful and potent and I have been blessed several times before I even get out of the first chapter [of Galatians].
But here is an interesting lesson - giants of the faith have feet of ...more