Luther on the Christian Life (6)

Continuing with our review of Carl Trueman’s book Luther on the Christian Life, we pick up with the sixth chapter. Chapter six focuses more closely on Luther’s high view of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. For Luther the Christian life was “saturated” with the Sacraments, that is, it is marked by the regular use of the Sacraments for the purpose of strengthening the Christian’s faith. Both Baptism and Communion present the believer with the promises of God, and by the believer’s use of the...