The Bondage of the Will: 500th Anniversary Edition

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.

This five-hundredth-anniversary edition of The Bondage of the Will recaptures the urgency of Luther’s appeal to Scripture. It was this defense of our absolute need for God to deliver us from our captivity to sin that Luther considered his most important book. Take up this Reformation classic and rejoice in the freedom found in sovereign grace alone.

Included in this anniversary edition:

• Dr. R.C. Sproul’s introductory essay on The Bondage of the Will
• Helpful summaries and explanatory footnotes
• Study questions for reflection or group discussion

Contents

An Analysis of Martin Luther's
The Bondage of the Will by R.C. Sproul

THE BONDAGE OF THE WILL

Introduction: Reasons for the Work
I Erasmus' Preface Reviewed
II Erasmus' Introduction Reviewed
III Texts for Freewill Disproved
IV Texts against Freewill Maintained
V Freewill Proved to Be a Lie

Section Outline
Scripture Index