· The Reception of God’s Word

· The Reaction of the World

“If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God… except that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I’m not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ.” Martin Luther

“Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved, and to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point.” Martin Luther

· The Reality of the World’s Hatred