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The Truth Behind Luther's Gospel: A Closer Look - David Bercot - Romans Series

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A quote from Otto von Bismarck: "The less people know about how laws and sausages are made, the better they will sleep at night." Ever since hearing that quote, I have never wanted to know how sausages are made. I like them, I'm going to eat them, but don't tell me how they're made. Something tells me it's—I don't want to know. But it's kind of that way with Luther's gospel. When you look at how he created it, it's not quite so enticing.

When Luther translated the Bible into German, he inserted an introduction at the beginning of the New Testament in which he created a hierarchy of New Testament books.