The Life of Martin Luther: A Brief Biography of the Reformer
Martin Luther was a man whose heart was held captive to the Word of God. He was used mightily by God to usher in the Protestant Reformation, which would serve to recover the core truths of the Gospel that had been obscured by medieval religion and superstition.
Here is a brief biography of the man who sparked the Reformation.
The Early Years
Martin Luther was born on November 10, in Eisleben, Germany to Margaret and Hans Luder (the original pronunciation).
Hans worked in the mining industry, even owning a few copper mines, but he wanted something better for his son. Martin was sent off to boarding school and then to the University of Erfurt.
He was an excellent student. He soon earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree and seemed to be well on his way to success as a law student. But about a month into his legal studies, on the 2nd of June in , Luther was on his way back to school from his parent’s home when he was caught in a violent thunderstorm. The storm grew more intense and Luther became afraid for his life.
Suddenly, a lightning bolt struck near him, throwing him violently to the ground. Luther
Review: The Story of Martin Luther
Two years after Catherine Parks delighted our family with her biography anthologies, we&#;ve hit a dry spell. It seems that for my upper elementary kids, it&#;s hard to find biography read-alouds that hit the &#;sweet spot.&#; Classics like Ann Franke&#;s Diary of a Young Girl, while deeply worthwhile, are too weighty to delve into piecemeal between bites of Rice Krispies. On the flip side, more popular illustrated biographies for kids are too cartoonish, lacking substance. After years of reading a biography together every morning, we&#;d drifted on to other offerings.
For this reason, I was delighted to discover Jared Kennedy&#;s new children&#;s biography of Martin Luther: The Story of Martin Luther: The Monk Who Changed the World. I&#;d hoped that Kennedy, an editor at TGC and a seasoned author of children&#;s books, would offer up a retelling of Luther&#;s life that was both rich and engaging. He didn&#;t disappoint. The Story of Martin Luther is a breath of fresh air, filling a much-needed void in the genre of biography for middle graders.
Kennedy&#;s storytelling skills are on display in this book from the first chapter. Rat
10 Very Good Books on the Reformation and Martin Luther
As we anticipate the celebration of the th year anniversary of the Reformation, I put together a “top ten list” of some of the best (and mostly recent) books on the history, theology, and legacy of the Reformation.
This list is, perhaps predictably, tilted a bit heavily to Luther and the Reformation in Germany. A different or supplementary list could be provided that gives the best books on Calvin, Zwingli, the Radical Reformers, etc. This list includes some books that cover the full breadth of the Reformation, but some are certainly Luther-centric.
Without further ado, here’s the list (not ranked by order of “best to least-best”).
1.Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation by Peter Marshall (Yale University Press, ). This book is a terrific resource for understanding the English tributaries of the Reformation, beginning with John Wycliffe, the “Lollards” (those heretical “mumblers!”), and William Tyndale’s English translation of the New Testament. The prose is lively and the storytelling is rich–though reader beware: it gets dense at times in the historical weeds. With so many books focused on
A BIOGRAPHY OF MARTIN LUTHER: WITH BRIEF REFERENCES TO HIS CONTEMPORARIES
A BIOGRAPHY OF MARTIN LUTHER: WITH BRIEF REFERENCES TO HIS CONTEMPORARIES JAN A. SCHLEBUSCH M.A. Philosophy (UFS); B.A. (Hons) Latin (UFS); B.A. Theology (UFS). Ph.D. Candidate at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen, the Netherlands; Farmer and Rancher. INTRODUCTION Writing a short biographical article on a figure like Martin Luther in the contemporary context of celebrating years of the Reformation this year, is a particularly daunting challenge. It provides a particularly tricky task to produce something valuable for a Protestant audience obviously familiar with the great reformer, a man ranked by Time Magazine in as the 17th most influential human being in history Luther is renowned as the great church reformer, the theologian, the hymnist and Christian philosopher. However, his personal life, i.e. his existence as a man and his self-reflection upon his existence as an object of divine providence in his given historical context is one aspect that has always intrigued me of the great German Reformer. What kind of things was he really passionate about, what drove him, e
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