Luther's Tower Discovery - Lutheran (John 3:16)
Martin Luther spent years terrified of God. He fasted, confessed for hours, punished his body—trying to earn divine favor. Nothing worked; he only felt more condemned. Then, studying Romans in the tower of the Wittenberg monastery, it struck him: righteousness is GIVEN, not achieved.
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