Luther's Theology of the Cross: Christ in Luther's Sermons on John

Luther was fundamentally a preacher-pastor a care-taker of souls whose ingenuity lies in his usage of the biblical message as a source of pastoral encouragement. This book seeks to capture the often-overlooked pastoral side of the Reformer through an examination of his sermons on Johns gospel.The sermons on John show the intrinsic close and causal link between doctrine and consolation. They are an exercise of his vocation as a pastor or more precisely as a theologian of the cross who seeks to inculcate the good news of justification by faith in his people leading them to experience it within the dialectic of law and gospel. St. John said Luther is the master in the article of justification. Luthers theological method namely his theology of the cross permeates and governs the exposition of the text and all major themes of his theology-- Christology Trinity and soteriology--appear in his exegesis of John.