The Bondage of the Will
The Bondage of the Will is fundamental to an understanding of the primary doctrines of the Reformation. In these pages, Luther gives extensive treatment to what he saw as the heart of the gospel.

Free will was no academic question to Luther; the whole gospel of the grace of God, he believed, was bound up with it and stood or fell according to the way one understood it. Luther affirms our total inability to save ourselves and the sovereignty of divine grace in our salvation. He upholds the doctrine of justification by faith and defends predestination as determined by the foreknowledge of God.

This accurate translation by J. I. Packer and O. R. Johnston captures the vitality of Luther's treatise, thereby conveying its relevance to our lives today. The translators write, "Do we not stand in urgent need of such teaching as Luther here gives us—teaching which humbles man, strengthens faith, and glorifies God?"
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The Bondage of the Will
The Bondage of the Will is fundamental to an understanding of the primary doctrines of the Reformation. In these pages, Luther gives extensive treatment to what he saw as the heart of the gospel.

Free will was no academic question to Luther; the whole gospel of the grace of God, he believed, was bound up with it and stood or fell according to the way one understood it. Luther affirms our total inability to save ourselves and the sovereignty of divine grace in our salvation. He upholds the doctrine of justification by faith and defends predestination as determined by the foreknowledge of God.

This accurate translation by J. I. Packer and O. R. Johnston captures the vitality of Luther's treatise, thereby conveying its relevance to our lives today. The translators write, "Do we not stand in urgent need of such teaching as Luther here gives us—teaching which humbles man, strengthens faith, and glorifies God?"
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The Bondage of the Will

The Bondage of the Will

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The Bondage of the Will is fundamental to an understanding of the primary doctrines of the Reformation. In these pages, Luther gives extensive treatment to what he saw as the heart of the gospel.

Free will was no academic question to Luther; the whole gospel of the grace of God, he believed, was bound up with it and stood or fell according to the way one understood it. Luther affirms our total inability to save ourselves and the sovereignty of divine grace in our salvation. He upholds the doctrine of justification by faith and defends predestination as determined by the foreknowledge of God.

This accurate translation by J. I. Packer and O. R. Johnston captures the vitality of Luther's treatise, thereby conveying its relevance to our lives today. The translators write, "Do we not stand in urgent need of such teaching as Luther here gives us—teaching which humbles man, strengthens faith, and glorifies God?"

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780801048937
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 07/01/2012
Pages: 328
Sales rank: 626,085
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

J. I. Packer (1926-2020), considered one of the most influential evangelicals in North America, was the Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. His many books include Knowing God and Keep in Step with the Spirit.

Table of Contents


Publisher's Preface     1
Preface$dthe Translator     9
Introduction     13
Erasmus' Preface Reviewed (Section 1)     17
Erasmus' Skepticism (Sections 2 - 6)     20
The Necessity of Knowing God and His Power (Sections 7 - 8)     29
The Sovereignty of God (Sections 9 - 27)     33
Exordium (Sections 28 - 40)     63
Discussion: First Part (Sections 41 - 75)     91
Discussion: Second Part (Sections 76 - 134)     146
Discussion: Third Part (Sections 135 - 166)     231
Conclusion (Sections 167 - 168)     278
Martin Luther's Judgment of Erasmus of Rotterdam     281
Martin Luther to Nicolas Armsdoff Concerning Erasmus of Rotterdam     283
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