When Will Martin Lutherthe Idea That Changed the World Be Shown Again

Last night was the St. Louis premiere of a new moving-picture show, "Martin Luther: The Thought that Changed the World." The film is a documentary nearly the person, teachings, and impact of Martin Luther.

Martin Luther remains one of the most important and influential people in the western world. The year 2017 will see both scholarship and popular media reflect and comment on Martin Luther and his legacy—sometimes negatively. His reform of the church, his translation of the Bible, and his reshaping of Christian life changed the religious, social, and political face of Europe. These reverberations are still felt today—fifty-fifty hither in far-away America, where Christianity and even the nation itself would look very different were information technology not for Martin Luther.

But who was Martin Luther? What was his earth like? And, most chiefly, what is the significance of his bulletin today? Trying to imagine this 500 years later is not easy; trying to visualize and verbalize it through motion-picture show is both an opportunity and a challenge. In this film, in improver to accurately representing historical details similar wear, compages, sounds, and attitudes, the most of import work is to communicate Luther'due south ideas to a modernistic audience. Technical vocabulary of "justification," "gospel," or even "sin" can be misleading or confusing not only to life-long Lutherans but especially to those who are not connected to a congregation. How do nosotros connect the world-irresolute message of the Gospel—and Luther'south insight into that Gospel—with secular viewers whose just brush with theology is their belief that "I am a good person"? Possibly this is where Luther surprises the near—being a "good person" is non what Christianity is all about—information technology is all almost Jesus Christ! Information technology is well-nigh his love that lays down his ain life for God's enemies—that is, even you and me. It is about receiving "the good life" even in the midst of despair and dubiousness and suffering and death. It is a bulletin that God is not like usa: he does non look for us to be beautiful so beloved us. No, God in Christ does the opposite. He makes us pleasing to himself, in Christ, and loves usa as his new creation. Purely out of fatherly, divine, goodness and mercy. Now that is worth remembering—and sharing—even 500 years later! (That, BTW, is from Luther's Heidelberg Disputation (1518), thesis 28: "The dear of God does non discover, but creates, that which is pleasing to it.")

The faculty of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis was heavily involved in the filing: Dr. Erik Herrmann, who was on set in Europe for all iii weeks of product as historical adviser, Dr. Gerhard H. Bode Jr., Dr. Paul W. Robinson, and Dr. Robert A. Kolb all appear in the film to give context to Luther'southward story. And aye, Concordia Seminary has that many professors (and more) who are experts on Martin Luther.

The movie can be screened locally; if your congregation is interested in showing the picture show, this folio will aid y'all do that.

Ane picture show cannot capture all of Luther's legacy. Hither are some additional resource produced by the Seminary faculty on Luther. Happy reading!

Past Gerhard Bode

"The Lutheran Reformation and the N American Inheritance," Journal of Lutheran Mission, vol. 2, no. iv (September, 2015), 76–79.

"Preaching Luther's Small Catechism: Paul Eber's Catechismuspredigten (1562)," in Paul Eber (1511–1569): Humanist und Theologe der zweiten Generation der Wittenberger Reformation. Edited past Daniel Gehrt and Volker Leppin, Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2014, 401–23.

"The Instruction of the Christian Faith past Lutherans after Luther," in Lutheran Ecclesiastical Culture, 1550–1675. Edited by Robert Kolb. Leiden: Brill, 2008, 159–204.

"Luther and Lessons of God's History," The Servant, Vol. 15, No. i (Church Militant 2008), 3.

"Leonhart Hütter's Compendium Locorum Theologicorum: A archetype of Lutheran theology and its translation into English (Henry Eyster Jacobs and George Frederick Spieker)," Epilogue to Leonhart Hütter, Compendium Locorum Theologicorum ex Sacris et Libro Concordiae Lateinisch—deutsch—englisch. Herausgeben von Johann Anselm Steiger. Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt: Frommann-Holzboog, 2004, Teilband two, 1123–1143.

Editor of Several Translations of Martin Luther'southward Works for Concordia Publishing Business firm's Extension of the American Edition of Luther'southward Works (forthcoming)

Several Translations of Martin Luther'due south Works for Concordia Publishing House'due south Extension of the American Edition of Luther's Works (forthcoming)

By Robert Kolb

with Carl R. Trueman, Between Wittenberg and Geneva. Lutheran and Reformed Theology in Chat (Grand Rapids: Bakery Academic, 2017).

Martin Luther and the Enduring Word of God. The Wittenberg Schoolhouse and its Scripture-Centered Proclamation (Thou Rapids: Baker Academic, 2016).

The Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther'south Theology, co-edited with Irene Dingel and Lubomir Batka (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014).

Luther and the Stories of God, Biblical Narratives every bit a Foundation for Christian Living (Chiliad Rapids: Baker, 2012).

with Charles P. Arand and James A. Nestingen, The Lutheran Confessions, History and Theology of the Book of Concord (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2012).

with Irene Dingel, Nicole Kuropka, and Timothy J. Wengert, Philip Melanchthon. Theologian in Classroom, Confession, and Controversy (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2012).

Martin Luther, Confessor of the Religion (Christian Theology in Context series; Oxford: Oxford University Printing, 2009).

Charles P. Arand, The Genius of Luther's Theology. A Wittenberg Way of Thinking for the Gimmicky Church (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2008).

Luther's Way of Thinking. Introductory Essays (Trivandrum: Luther University India, 2006).

Bound Choice, Ballot, and Wittenberg Theological Method From Martin Luther to the Formula of Concur (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005).

Martin Luther as Prophet, Instructor, and Hero. Images of the Reformer, 1520-1620 (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1999).

Luther's Heirs Ascertain His Legacy, Studies on Lutheran Confessionalization (Aldershot, Hampshire: Variorum, 1996).

Teaching God's Children His Pedagogy, a Guide to the Study of Luther'due south Canon (Hutchinson, MN: Crown Publishing, 1992; second edition, Saint Louis: Concordia Seminary Press, 2012; India edition, 2005; Latvian translation, 2009).

Confessing the Religion, Reformers Ascertain the Church, 1530-1580 (Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing Firm, 1991).

"The Lutheran Confessions: A Genre to Ascertain the Church building," in Martin Luther and the Reformation. Essays, Catalog of the United States Exhibit of the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeologz Saxony-Anhalt et a;/ (Dresden: Sandstein, 2016), 350-358.

"Martin Luther," in T & T Clark Companion to the Doctrine of Sin, ed. Keith L. Johnson and David Lauber (London: Bloomsbury, 2016), 217-233.

"The Enduring Word of God, in Wittenberg," Lutheran Quarterly 30 (2016): 193-204.

"The Bible in the Reformation and Protestant Orthodoxy," in The Indelible Authority of the Christian Scriptures, ed. Donald A. Carson (1000 Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016), 89-114.

"Nowhere More Present and Active than in the Holy Letters: Luther'south Understanding of God'due south Presence in Scripture," Lutheran Theological Journal 49 (2015): four-17.

"God's Word Produces Faith and Fruit. Reflections from Luther'south Understanding of the Sermon on the Mount," Concordia Journal xl (2014): 217-224.

"The Lutheran Doctrine of Original Sin," in Hans Madueme and Michael Reeves, ed., Adam, the Fall, and Original Sin (Grand Rapids: Baker Bookish, 2014), 109-127.

"The 'Three Kingdoms' of Simon Musaeus. A Wittenberg Student Processes Luther'southward Idea/Terminology," in Collaboration, Conflict, and Continuity in the Reformation. Essays in Honour of James M. Estes on his Eightieth Altogether, ed. Konrad Eisenbichler (Essays and Studies, 34. Toronto: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2014), 297-321.

"The printer'due south funeral sermon: recalling the contributions of the printer in the Wittenberg Reformation," in Studies on the German language book presented to Ulrich Kopp in his retirement, ed. William A. Kelley and Jürgen Beyer (Tartu: University of Tartu Press, 2014), 191-205.

"Pastoral Education in the Wittenberg Way," in Church and School in Early on Modern Protestantism. Studies in Laurels of Richard A. Muller on the Maturation of a Theological Tradition, ed. Jordan J. Ballor, David Due south.Sytsma, and Jason Zuidema (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 67-79.

"The Prophet of the German Nation and Other Saint-Sinner Martyrs among the Lutheran Stars," in: Calvin and Luther: The Standing Relationship, ed. R. Ward Holder (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013), 121-142.

"Did Luther's Students Hide the Hidden God? Deus Absconditus amid Luther's Offset Followers," in Churrasco. A Theological Feast in Honor of Vitor Westhelle, ed. Mary Philip, John Arthur Nunes, and Charles Grand. Collier (Eugene: Pickwick, 2013), 1-16.

"Chosen to Milk Cows and Govern Kingdoms. Martin Luther'south Teaching on the Christian's Vocations," Concordia Journal 39 (2013): 133-141.

"The Critique of Melanchthon's Doctrine of the Lord'south Supper by his 'Gnesio-Lutheran' Students," in Irene Dingel, Robert Kolb, Nicole Kuropka, and Timothy J. Wengert, Philip Melanchthon. Theologian in Classroom, Confession, and Controversy (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2012), 236-262.

"Recultivation of the Vineyard in Sixteenth Century Lutheran Exegesis and Preaching," in: The Reformation every bit Christianization. Essays on Scott Hendrix's Christianization Thesis, ed. Anna Marie Johnson and John A. Maxfield (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012), 305-319.

"Preaching the People of Christ'due south Passion. Luther's Depiction of the Characters of John 18-19," Lutheran Forum 46/iv (2012), 38-41.

"Resurrection and Justification. Luther's Utilize of Romans 4,25," Lutherjahrbuch 78 (2011), 39-sixty.

"The Lutheran Theology of Baptism," in Baptism: Historical, Theological and Pastoral Perspectives (Eugene: Pickwick, 2011), 53-75.

"Luther's Theology of the Cross Fifteen Years after Heidelberg: Luther's Lectures on the Psalms of Ascent, Journal of Ecclesiastical History 61 (2010): 69-85.

"The Relationship between Scripture and the Confession of the Faith in Luther's Thought," in Kirkens bekjennelse I historisk og aktuelt perspektiv. Festskrift til Kjell Olav Sannes, ed. Torleiv Austad, Tormad Engelviksen, and Lars Østnor (Trondheim Tapir Akademisk Forlag, 2010), 53-62.

"Luther's Recollections of Erfurt. The Apply of Anecdotes for the Edification of His Hearers," Luther-Message, Tijdschrift voor interconfessioneel Lutheronderzoek ten (2010), 6-16.

"The Sheep and the Voice of the Shepherd. The Ecclesiology of the Lutheran Confessions" Concordia Journal 36,4 (2010), 324- 341.

"David: King, Prophet, Repentant Sinner. Martin Luther'due south Image of the Son of Jesse," Perichoresis 8 (2010): 203-232.

"Models of the Christian Life in Luther'south Genesis Sermons and Lectures," Lutherjahrbuch 76 (2009): 293-320.

"Confessing the Religion, the Wittenberg Way of Life," Tidsskrift for Teologi og Kirke 80 (2009): 247-265.

"Luther on Peasants and Princes," Lutheran Quarterly 23 (2009): 125-146, a revision of "Luther and the Peasants," in English and Korean, in Ru-tu yun-ku [Luther Report] (2009).

"Luther'due south and Melanchthon'south Students: The Wittenberg Circumvolve and the Development of its Theology to 1600," Religion Compass 3 (2009): 471-487.

"Seelsorge for the Cranachs," Lutheran Forum (Spring 2009): 34-37.  [128] with Mary Jane Haemig, "Preaching in Lutheran Pulpits in the Age of Confessionalization," in Lutheran Ecclesiastical Culture, 1550-1675, ed. Robert Kolb (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 117-157.

"'Life is King and Lord over Death': Martin Luther's View of Death and Dying," in: Tod und Jenseits in der Schriftkultur der Frühen Neuzeit, eds. Marion Kobelt Groch and Cornelia Niekus Moore, (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2008), 23-45.

"'This is My Customary Procedure,' Says God: Martin Luther'south Use of Dialogue and Monologue in his Lectures and Sermons," in Teach These Things. Essays in Award of Wallace Schulz, ed. Erik Rottmann (Versailles, MO: Wild Boar Books, 2008), 25-xl.

"Forgiveness Liberates and Restores: The Freedom of the Christian according to Martin Luther," Word & World 27 (2007): 5-13.

"God and His Human Creatures in Luther'due south Sermons on Genesis: The Reformer's Early Use of His Stardom of Two Kinds of Righteousness," Concordia Periodical 33 (2007):166-184.

"'The Noblest Skill in the Christian Church': Luther's Sermons on the Proper Distinction of Law and Gospel," Concordia Theological Quarterly 71 (2007): 301-318.

"Here Nosotros Stand: Confessing the Faith in Luther'due south Footsteps from Worms to Smalcald," Concordia Journal 32 (2006): 175-188.

"From Hymn to History of Dogma. Lutheran Martyrology in the Reformation Era," in More a Memory. The Discourse of Martyrdom and the Structure of Christian Identity in the History of Christianity, ed. Johan Leemans (Louvain: Peeters, 2005), 301-313.

"Martin Luther and the German language Nation," in A Companion to the Reformation World, ed. R. Po-chia Hsia (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004), 39-55.

"Luther's function in an age of confessionalization," in The Cambridge Companion to Martin Luther, ed. Donald K. McKim (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), 209-226.

"The Program Behind the Promise: Luther'south Declaration of Predestination, " Reformation & Revival 12,2 (2003): 41-52.

"Christ's Descent into Hell as Christological Locus. Luther'southward „Torgau Sermon" As Confessional Instrument in the Late Reformation," Lutherjahrbuch 69 (2002): 101-118.

"Luther on the Theology of the Cross," Lutheran Quarterly 16 (2002): 443-466.

"Reality Rests on the Word of the Lord: Martin Luther'southward Agreement of God's Word, " Reformation & Revival 9,4 (2000): 47–63.

"Luther on the Two Kinds of Righteousness. Reflections on His 2-Dimensional Definition of Humanity at the Heart of His Theology," Lutheran Quarterly thirteen (1999): 449-466, and Harvesting Martin Luther'southward Reflections on Theology, Ethics, and the Church building, ed. Timothy J. Wengert (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003), 38-55.

"'What Benefit Does the Soul Receive from a Handful of Water?' Luther's Preaching on Baptism, 1528-1539," Concordia Periodical 25 (1999), 346-363.

"Martin Luther: The Human and his Mind, " Reformation & Revival 8,1 (1999): eleven-33.

"Niebuhr's 'Christ and Culture in Paradox' Revisited," Lutheran Quarterly 10 (1996): 259-279.

"God'southward Gift of Martyrdom: The Early Reformation Understanding of Dying for the Organized religion," Church History 64 (1995): 399-411.

"'That I May Be His Own': The Anthropology of Luther's Explanation of the Creed," Concordia Journal 21 (1995):  28-41.

"The Influence of Luther's Galatians Commentary of 1535 on After Sixteenth-Century Lutheran Commentaries on Galatians," Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte 84 (1993): 156-184.

"'Not Without the Satisfaction of God's Righteousness,'  The Atonement and the Generation Gap between Luther and His Students," Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte: Sonderband: Die Reformation in  Germany und Europa, Interpretation und Debatten, ed. Hans R. Guggisberg und Gottfried G. Krodel (Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 1993), 136-156.

"'Saint John Hus' and 'Jerome Savonarola, Confessor of God,' The Lutheran 'Canonization' of Late Medieval Martyrs," Concordia Journal 17 (1991): 404-418.

"Sixteenth-Century Lutheran Commentary on Genesis and the Genesis Commentary of Martin Luther," in Théorie et pratique de l'exégèse, Actes du troisième colloque international sur 50'histoire de 50'exégèse biblique au XVIe siècle, ed. Irena Backus and Francis Higman (Geneva: Droz, 1990), 243-258.

"Ministry in Martin Luther and the Lutheran Confessions," in Called & Ordained, Lutheran Perspectives on the Office of the Ministry, eds. Todd Nichol and Marc Kolden (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990), 49-66.

"Luther's Smalcald Articles: Agenda for Testimony and Confession," Concordia Periodical 14 (1988): 115-137.

"Singing the Lord'due south Song in a New Land, Luther's Influence on C. F. W. Walther'southward The Proper Distinction of Law and Gospel," The Lutheran Synod Quarterly XXVIII (1988): i-36.

"C. F. W. Walther, Interpreter of Luther on the American Borderland," The Lutheran Quarterly N.Due south., I (1987): 469-485.

"Luther, Augsburg, and the Concept of Authorization in the Late Reformation, Ursinus vs. the Lutherans," in Controversy and Conciliation, the Reformation and the Palatinate, 1559-1583, ed. Derk Visser (Allison Park, Pennsylvania: Pickwick Press, 1986), 33-49.

"'Perilous Events and Troublesome Disturbances,' The Function of Controversy in the Tradition of Luther to Lutheran Orthodoxy," Pietas et Societas, New Trends in Reformation Social History, Essays in Memory of Harold J. Grimm, ed. Kyle C. Sessions and Phillip N. Bebb (Kirksville, Missouri: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, 1985), 181-201.

"Luther every bit Seelsorger," Concordia Journal 11 (1985): two-9.

"Luther for the German Americans.  The Saint Louis Edition of Luther'south Works," Concordia Historical Constitute Quarterly 56 (1983): 98-110.

"Luther the Master Pastor: Conrad Porta's Pastorale Lutheri, Handbook for Generations," Concordia Periodical 9 (1983): 179-187.

"God Calling, 'Take Care of My People': Luther's Concept of Vocation in the Augsburg Confession and Its Apology," Concordia Journal viii (1982): 4-eleven.

"Good Works are Detrimental to Salvation, Amsdorf's Use of Luther'south Words in Controversy," Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance et Réforme Four (O.South. Xvi) (1980),136-151.

"The Layman's Bible: The Use of Luther'southward Catechisms in the German Tardily Reformation," in Luther's Catechisms – 450 Years.  Essays Commemorating the Pocket-sized and Large Catechisms of Dr. Martin Luther, ed. David P. Scaer and Robert D. Preus (Fort Wayne: Concordia Theological Seminary Printing, 1979), 16-26, 75-79.

"The Theologians and the Peasants: Conservative Evangelical Reactions to the German language Peasants Revolt," Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte 69 (1978): 103-131.

By Paul Robinson

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