by C. Matthew McMahon | Jun 11, 2019 | church history, Devotions, God, Jesus Christ, prayer, Reformation
When his close friend Philipp Melanchthon became deathly ill, Luther prayed fervently for him: “I wearied God’s ears with all his promises of hearing prayers.” Luther even threatened to question God’s faithfulness if God didn’t answer him! Melanchthon recovered, and...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Jun 8, 2019 | church history, Devotions, prayer, Reformation, Theology
How should I pray? What exactly should I say? How long should I go on? Such were the questions put to Luther by his barber and lifelong friend, Peter Beskendorf. In response, Luther composed A Simple Way to Pray, in which he showed how the Lord’s Prayer, the Ten...