Great quote from C.F.W. Walther in the book At Home in the House of My Fathers [which you simply must buy and read!]:

One should avoid getting hung up by Luther’s plainspoken style . . .Luther’s language had to be simple. He was called not to reform the scholarly world, but the Christian people. . . . A man ought to make it a rule for himself to read something in Luther’s writings every day. He should especially flee to them when he needs to be refreshed for his work, is tired, forsaken, discouraged, in need of counsel, and feels miserable. He should especially read the letters, for they cheer, strengthen, and revive. One should make himself so familiar with his edition of Luther that he can find every document without time-consuming reference works.

From: The Fruitful Reading of the Writings of Luther, by C.F.W. Walther, 1887 in At Home in the House of My Fathers, p. 343.

Pastors, do we read Luther as we should, as we must?

Just found this web site with a number of orthodox Lutheran works digitized and available online: http://libguides.calvin.edu/content.php?pid=46750&sid=344828