The Work of Faith

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The Work of Faith is written by Justin Nickel and published by Fortress Academic. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1978709633 (ISBN 10) and 9781978709638 (ISBN 13).

Many scholars assume that Luther advocates for a Christian life in which human beings are always passive recipients of God's grace as it is delivered in preaching, and mere instruments through which God works to serve their neighbors. The Work of Faith: Divine Grace and Human Agency in Martin Luther's Preaching offers a different reading of Luther's views on human agency by drawing on a fresh source: Luther's preaching. Using Luther's sermons in the Church Postil as a primary source, Justin Nickel argues that Martin Luther preached as though Christians have real, if secondary, agency in the lives they lead before God and neighbor. As a result, Nickel presents a Luther substantively concerned with how Christians lead their lives.