Professor Luther
Barry Gritters examines Martin Luther's early life and formation, tracing God's providential hand in Luther's journey from his father's plans toward law to his ultimate calling as a seminary professor and reformer. The article emphasizes how Luther's experiences of poverty, strict discipline, and spiritual restlessness prepared him to recover and teach the gospel of justification by faith alone. This biographical sketch illuminates the divine providence that shaped one of history's most significant theological figures.
Young Luther Martin Luther's father, Hans Luther, had designs for his son to become a lawyer, but God had determined otherwise. "There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand" (Prov. 19:21). As is said, "Man proposes, but God disposes." Hans Luther devised son Martin's way, but "the Lord directed his steps" (Prov. 16:9), first into the monastery, then into the university and seminary. In the end, Luther's lifelong occupation was, as we would...
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