This volume presents Martin Luther's Epistle Sermons for Epiphany, Easter, Pentecost, and related feasts, framed by a spirited defense of Luther as a missionary theologian whose preaching helped carry the Gospel far beyond Wittenberg. Drawing on sermons, hymns, and biblical interpretation, the editor portrays him not simply as a reformer but as a thinker deeply concerned with evangelization, the heathen, and the church's worldwide witness. The result is a rich resource for pastors, lay readers, and anyone drawn to text-centered preaching and the history of Christian reform. At its heart, the book explores faith as a living, costly reality. Luther's sermons on Romans 12, Galatians, Hebrews, and Philippians contrast outward ritual with inward worship, insisting that the true sacrifice is the whole person offered to God in humility, self-denial, and love. Christians are called to resist pride, renew their minds, and live as both temple and offering, bearing fruit in goodness, righteousness, truth, confession, and service to neighbor. Christ stands at the center as the true High Priest whose once-for-all sacrifice brings eternal redemption and as the perfect model of humility, obedience, and self-giving love. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.

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Luther, Martin

Martin Luther was a German monk, theologian, and reformer whose life changed the course of Western Christianity and European thought. Born in 1483, he studied law before entering the Augustinian monastery, where his intense spiritual struggles led him to question the religious practices of his day and to seek a more direct understanding of faith, grace, and scripture. His bold challenge to church authority in the early sixteenth century helped ignite the Protestant Reformation, and his work as a preacher, translator, and writer made religious ideas accessible to ordinary people in a new and lasting way. Among his many influential writings are sermons, biblical commentaries, catechetical texts, and polemical works that shaped Protestant teaching for generations. At the heart of Luther’s thought are themes of conscience, forgiveness, the power of faith, and the conviction that spiritual truth should not be reserved for elites but shared openly. Those concerns still resonate today in conversations about individual belief, institutional power, moral courage, and the search for meaning in uncertain times. Luther’s legacy is immense: he transformed theology, influenced language and education, and helped redefine the relationship between the individual and authority. Readers who are interested in religious history, reform movements, or the enduring struggle to live by conscience will find him especially compelling.