David george kendall biography of martin luther
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The Sermons of Martin Luther (8-Volumes)
by Martin Luther
These eight volumes of 175 sermons and 3,110 pages are the classic devotional literature of Protestantism. They were preached by its founder to the mother congregation of Evangelical Christendom in the birth-period of the greatest factor in modern civilization. No collection of Evangelical sermons has passed through more editions and been printed in more languages, none more loved and praised, none more read and prayed. They will be a valuable addition to the meager sermon literature on the Epistle texts in the English language. English Protestants will hereafter have no excuse for unacquaintance with Luther’s spiritual writings.
What Luther’s two Catechisms were in the school room to teach the Christian faith to the youth, that these sermons were in the homes to develop the same faith in adults. They have maintained their good name wherever translated until the present and their contents are above the reach
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The Law School Magazine The New York University School of Law
By Nadya Labi
Printer Friendly VersionIn the fall of 1967, during argument in the death-penalty case of William Maxwell before the Eighth Circuit, Judge Harry Blackmun jotted down his assessment of Maxwell’s attorney:“A-” was the grade, along with the description, “tall, 28, suave.” Much of what the lawyer said is lost to history, but this much fryst vatten known: His opening salvo lasted 37 minutes, and he left court with the distinct impression that Blackmun had been consistently hostile to him.”
The lawyer, who was actually 32, would become the leading strategist of a hard-fought campaign to end the death penalty that continues to this day. He would encounter the newly-promoted Justice Blackmun, and that irascibility, in his subsequent and repeated trips to the Supreme Court. To identify the attorney as Anthony G. Amsterdam, and to write about his relen