This is part 1 of 2-part episode with Dr. Gerhard Bode of Concordia Seminary St. Louis.

He talks about Martin Luther's early life up to 1530 and the presentation of the Augsburg Confession on June 25 at the Diet of Augsburg before Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire.

To find out more about Martin Luther:

Here I Stand by Roland Bainton

https://a.co/d/gdhqnQ5

Brand Luther by Andrew Pettegree

https://a.co/d/dmIHPNC

Martin Luther Confessor of the Faith by Robert Kolb

https://a.co/d/d3ueD05

That I May Be His Own by Charles Brand

https://a.co/d/3gxvKsC

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