That’s a proverb Luther quotes. He says what is to be feared is not the trying, difficult, despairing times, but the good times. The Church has always believed this. From this sort of theology comes the oft quoted remark, “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.”
But being a pastor, a shepherd under Christ is tremendously difficult these days. Who in their right mind would really want to do this? (more…)