December 2005



 “my faith has found a resting place”

My faith has found a resting place,
Not in device or creed;
I trust the ever living One,
His wounds for me shall plead…

Luther on faith

In this excerpt from his introduction to Romans, Martin Luther explains that good works spring naturally from faith; he writes, “Faith cannot help doing good works constantly.” Why? Because…





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