Commentary on 1 Peter 3:1-6.
James Dodson
1523-Martin Luther.-Luther explains how the apostle would have women behave in all departments of life. He discusses modesty of apparel and the need for women to be submissive to their husbands.
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Commentary on 1 Timothy 2:9-14.
James Dodson
1528-Martin Luther.-Luther instructs women on modest, including discussion regarding attire and headcoverings. Underlying the entire discussion is an emphasis upon the woman’s social subordination to man in family, church and nation.
Read MoreGod So Loved the World: Two Sermons on John 3:16-21.
James Dodson
1522-Martin Luther.-The great Reformer discusses what we should understand by the proposition that God so loved the world. These sermons discuss the mediation and salvation held forth in Christ.
Read MoreTwo Sermons Upon the Fifth Chapter of Luke.
James Dodson
1522-Martin Luther.-Two sermons which discuss the relation of faith to temporal and spiritual blessings.
Read MoreConcerning the Ministry.
James Dodson
1523-Martin Luther.-A stern warning to avoid the corrupt and meaningless ordination of popery and a plea for a ministry arising again from the priesthood of all believers.
Read MoreThat a Christian Assembly or Congregation has the Right and Power to Judge all Teaching and to Call, Appoint, and Dismiss Teachers, Established and Proven by Scripture.
James Dodson
1523-Martin Luther.-This explains that there exists in a Christian congregation certain radical rights pertaining to the ministry. A congregation must judge of doctrine and may, if necessary, not only call but also appoint to itself a ministry when one cannot otherwise be procured.
Read MoreThe Bondage of the Will.
James Dodson
1525-Martin Luther.-This is one of Luther's most important works. It demolishes the counter claims of Erasmus and sets forth the true state into which man has fallen out of which he cannot draw himself because his will is captive to the world, the flesh and the devil. It presents a very strong view of predestination.
Read MoreA Sermon on Christian Love.
James Dodson
Martin Luther.-Here is Luther's exposition of 1 Corinthians 13 where he takes up the nature and virtue of Christian love.
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