New 500th-Anniversary Edition: The Bondage of the Will
Can you turn to God by your own free will? Are you able to earn your salvation by partnering with His grace?
To these questions, Erasmus of Rotterdam gave an emphatic yes. He was one of the most influential scholars in the sixteenth century, so his word carried great weight. Yet Erasmus did not go unanswered. Seeing that the gospel itself was at stake, Martin Luther wrote a thunderous response that has remained influential even half a millennium later.
Ligonier’s new five-hundredth-anniversary edition of The Bondage of the Will recaptures the urgency of Martin Luther’s appeal to Scripture. Order your copy** of this Reformation classic and rejoice in the freedom found in sovereign grace alone.**
Included in this anniversary edition:
- R.C. Sproul’s introductory essay on The Bondage of the Will
- Helpful summaries and explanatory footnotes
- Study questions for reflection or group discussion
The debate between Luther and Erasmus gets to the heart of the Reformation because it touches the nature of the gospel itself. Scripture teaches that our wills are in bondage to sin, that we cannot merit salvation, and that the righteousness of God comes only through faith in Jesus Christ (Rom. 3:9–21).
Five hundred years later, we must take hold of this biblical truth. Order your anniversary edition of The Bondage of the Will today.
“A man cannot be thoroughly humbled till he knows that his salvation lies altogether beyond and out of the reach of his own strength, counsels, desires, will, and works, depending absolutely upon the counsel, will, and work of another, that is, of God only.” —Martin Luther