Wingin’ It 81.1: The Life of Luther (Part 1) – Why Luther?

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This Wingin’ It is the first in a new series Wade and Mike are doing on the life of Martin Luther. Before getting into Luther’s family, birth, and childhood (that’s the next episode), they discuss why we should take an historical look at Luther. The great reformer didn’t just impact the church, but the whole world, perhaps in ways we don’t always realize. The guys will each reread some Luther biographies for each episode to gain a diverse perspective on Wittenberg’s most famous professor, fully aware that historical books often tell us as much about the author and his or her time as the subject itself. But this will be helpful, too, as they bring the historical lessons of Luther to our contemporary situation.

So with that in mind, here’s a bit of a starting bibliography on the Life of Martin Luther:

• • • • Martin Luther: A Life by James Nestingen
    • • Luther the Reformer: The Story of the Man and His Career by James Kittelson
    • • A Short Life of Martin Luther by Thomas Kaufmann
    • • Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet by Lyndal Roper
    • • Luther: Visionary Reformer by Scott Hendrix
    • • Here I Stand: The Life of Martin Luther by Roland Bainton
    • • Luther: Man between God and the Devil by Heiko Oberman
    • • Brand Luther by Andrew Pettegree

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  Attributions for Music and Image used in this Episode:

  • • “Slow Burn” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
    • “Not Drunk” by The Joy Drops is licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International License.
    • Image: “Portrait of Luther” by Lucas Cranach the Elder is in the Public Domain.