Martin Luther on the Plague.

[cactus]

[Sailormilan2]

Thanks for posting that, Cactus.

[Pablo5959]

Oh yes, Yersinia Pestis. It sounds like no big deal.
Or Justinian’s plague.
Throughout history it sure was a way to control the population growth. Such a nasty way to go.

[Garand Hunter]

Great to remember men who had common sense And the knowledge of God in their time.

Psalm 1

[The War Wagon]

Look up Johann Gerhard & Paul Gerhardt - 3rd generation Lutheran Pastors during the black plague (1620's). They were doing a hundred funerals a DAY, at times...

[Kokopelli]

Mother Teresa held many diseased people as they slipped into eternity. She remained immune to all their illnesses.

[Wordupmybrotha]

Sensible words.

[sonofeugene]

Good quote!

[socal m1 shooter]

I thought this is fitting with current times.

Martin Luther, in the midst of the 1527 bubonic plague in Wittenberg had this to say:

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My annual Bible reading plan took me through Psalm 46 today, the passage which inspired Luther to write his most famous hymn.

I think this would be more meaningful to folk if they could better understand what Luther did, living out his faith.

You can read the whole translation of from Luther's open letter from which the quote was taken. There are various accounts of Luther's life at this time, but here are a couple, one from the notes attached to that translated open letter:

Patheos article from 3/5/2020*

Since the 500th anniversary of the nailing of the 95 Theses to the church door (start of the Reformation) was in 2017, a number of documentaries were released around that time. Two which I thought were pretty decent (available on Amazon Prime):

A Man Named Martin (Prime, not listed on IMDB)

Luther: The Life and Legacy of the German Reformer (Prime, also listed on IMDB)

Luther was a great man of God, no question. John Piper wrote an interesting "more literal" translation of Luther's most famous hymn a few years ago. I thought it was thought-provoking.

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*Patheos is a new-agey site, in my perspective. Not to be mentally lazy, but maybe take a little and leave a little.

[cactus]

Thank you for sharing your study. Do you mind if I share it with our congregation? It is amazing the doctrine we witness with one another on a simple gun forum.

[socal m1 shooter]

Thank you for sharing your study. Do you mind if I share it with our congregation? It is amazing the doctrine we witness with one another on a simple gun forum.

Feel free, maybe someone will be encouraged.