Luther on the Three Waves of Persecution — Bryan Wolfmueller

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Luther on the Three Waves of Persecution

Luther on the Three Waves of Persecution

Preacher: Bryan Wolfmueller
Tradition: Lutheran — LCMS
Published: Sep 1, 2018
Length: 8:18

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The three waves of pIn three or four places in his commentary on the Psalms Luther puts for a theory that the devil’s attack on the church has come in three distinct waves. (It looks like he might have picked this up from Bernard!) The three battles are: 1. Tyrants vs Martyrs 2. Heretics vs Teachers 3. Evil Christian’s, Antichrist, riches of the world vs true Christians Here's the entire article: http://www.wolfmueller.co/martin-luther-on-the-three-waves-of-persecution-in-christian-history/ The bookstore (where almost everything is free): http://www.wolfmueller.co/books/ To sign up for Pastor Wolfmueller's free weekly email of theological awesomeness called "Wednesday What-Not", visit http://www.wolfmueller.co/Wednesday. All the theological awesomeness ends up on the blog: http://www.wolfmueller.co

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