Issue 39 Martin Luther: The Later Years and Legacy

Little-known or remarkable facts about Martin Luther’s later years.

Half of Luther has been neglected: his later years.

Luther's later years were spent taming the forces he had unleashed.

Luther couldn’t resist speaking out on indulgences one more time.

Luther’family gallery.

For a thousand years of Christian worship, lay people had rarely sung. Then came Luther.

In intense turmoil, Luther wrote his greatest hymn.

Even as a sick man, Martin Luther accomplished more than most healthy people.

A look at five representative years of Luther’s life.

Luther elevated marriage and family life.

Luther’s wit and wisdom about his new estate.

A sample of how Luther could bring Bible characters to life.

Martin Luther chronology of the later years.

Luther developed his teachings for non-scholars.

More resources about Luther and his times.

Luther was bull-headed, coarse-tongued, and intemperate, at times.

Luther clashed with other Protestants over doctrine.

It is a good thing to let prayer be the first business of the morning and the last at night.

He bequeathed statements of belief that guide millions of Christians today.

What has Luther left to us 500 years later?