Martin Luther

Martin Luther's "Freedom of a Christian" was a bit of an interesting read. He really focused on being a Christian on the inside and not just the outside in what you do . He even went as far as to call those who did all these works in the name of God hypocrites because they didn't have what really mattered: faith. A bit harsh, but he makes sense. It seems like people can get so caught up in what other people see them doing, they can make their religion purely one of "works" and forget what religion is really about. To me Luther was putting the "belief" back in religion, which I can appreciate and agree with. He sure did it in a lot of words, though. :) I was having a hard time keeping my focus because he says a lot of the same stuff, just in a different way. Were people just naturally more wordy back then? I also noticed where Martin said that Christians were above the law and also the part about not getting involved in the world's problems politically or in warfare. I bet that frustrated a bunch of rulers and politics back then. But, hasn't that always been the struggle between church and state that we even deal with today? The real issue being what is above the other: church or state?