Emphasis Preaching Journal

Martin Luther, the sixteenth century pastor and theologian, began the Protestant Reformation in response to the inequalities perpetrated by the Roman Catholic church. Luther said, "I never work better than when I am inspired by anger; for when I am angry I can write, pray, and preach well, for then my whole temperance is quickened, my understanding sharpened, and all mundane vexations and temptations depart." This was not misdirected anger and could be defined as "righteous indignation."