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Luther is a hoot. Outrageous, dogmatic, screwy, shrewd, bombastic, and the real thing. What a Christian that man was.

I mean. It's Martin Luther speaking gospel and talking smack around his friends and students. How could it be anything but awesome?

Edifying, encouraging, hilarious, spot-on, a little off, and occasionally whackadoodle. I'd like to revisit this sometime in print. With its brief entries, it'd be a perfect book for bathroom reading. I am sore displeased with Blackstone Audio for claiming this edition is unabridged when entire secti Leggi tutto

Found this hidden at a used bookstore it’s a very tiny book. A pamphlet really that has some selections from Luther’s Tabletalk.

Warm, unguarded talk around the table with friends that gives a sense of the friendships and discussions that Martin and Katie were involved in.

Food, music, beer, and good company. And also, guests who’d write down every word. Martin Luther’s Table Talk is the result of an unusual set of circumstances: Luther, after a very long day’s work, would find himself the host to a bunch of friends, visitors, and students (boarders) who’d come for di Leggi tutto