The trust and faith of the heart alone

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The trust and faith of the heart alone

In his Large Catechism, Martin Luther wrote that having a god means trusting and believing in God with your whole heart. As he put it, “A god is that to which we look for all good and in which we find refuge in every time of need. To have a god is nothing else than to trust and believe him with our whole heart. As I have often said, the trust and faith of the heart alone make both God and an idol....