Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb is a professor emeritus of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri.
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Bad News and Good News: The Gospel According to Luther
The bad news, as Martin Luther continually reminded himself and others, is that I am a sinner. Inevitably, I intractably doubt, disregard, or dismiss God’s speaking to me from the pages of Holy Scripture, defying his will and demanding to go my own way. That, Luther knew, leads only to death. The good news is […]
“Martin Luther and the Enduring Word of God: The Wittenberg School and its Scripture-Centered Proclamation” by Robert Kolb
In Martin Luther and the Enduring Word of God, Robert Kolb places his readers in contact with a world where the interpretation and application of Scripture was more than a matter of personal religious conviction. The sixteenth-century Reformers sought to recover God’s speech in Scripture—speech that had been crowded out by opinions, traditions, and superstitions, […]
A Haven For the Homeless. A Home For the Helpless. A Hospice For the Hopeless
We prefer a religion which delivers the kinds of success with which we are comfortable.
Schwärmerei as Original Sin
“They fill the world with their chattering and scribbling—as if the Spirit could not come through the Scriptures or the spoken word of the apostles, but the Spirit must come through their own writings and words.” — Martin Luther In 1537, at the behest of Elector Johann Friedrich the Elder, Martin Luther composed (with the […]
5 Ways the Theology of the Cross Matters for Your Life
The theology of the cross gives us a paradigm for witness, friendship, and support in the normal routines and in the emergencies of those around us. The Lord calls us into their lives to embody the Living Presence of his love.
