"...In the same vein, the Word of God is supreme and is the very greatest treasure of the church of Christ. So, on the other hand, the church of Christ is never more ruined or done greater harm than by human words and worldly wisdom... Martin Luther, Sermon on St. Andrew's, Festival Sermons. Vol. 1. page 7
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Christ Beyond Reason is a compilation and report of some of the many insights from the Festival Sermons of Martin Luther on the antithetical roles of Faith and Reason in relation to God. Luther, writing at the dawn of the Enlightenment issues many cautions about the limitations of reason and human wisdom which the world of the enlightenment has largely ignored. This has resulted in reason overstepping its bounds to the point that it even declared god "dead" in the twentieth century. Well, the stories of his demise are, indeed, exaggerated, but the impudence of reason continues.
The 'invasion of reason' in the conduct of worship has also robbed us to a great extent of the wonder of God in his saving us through the cross and his Word. Reason has the potential of ruining faith. Thus the church would do well to listen to Luther's clearly delineating the limitations and the problems of reason and how he saves us from reason's traspasses. This book will help you to understand why the church is currently struggling and why most of the solutions proposed by those who would advise the body of Christ are doomed to failure, as church growth gurus are already lamenting.
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