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Happy Reformation Day
While Wesley is not a “reformer,” he is a descendant of the Reformation, so I love to quote him:
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95 Theses
For Reformation Sunday and Reformation Day that is ahead of us, go HERE to read Luther’s 95 Theses. What are the things you would nail to the church door for discussion today? Luther went after the view of “salvation” and “penance,” especially in regard to the use of indulgences. I see a re-working/discussion of “salvation” again through people like Scot…
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Getting Unsaved
As I am preparing my lectures for Church History II I am studying Soren Kierkegaard. Kierkegaard in Denmark during the 19th Century dropped on a bombshell on that nation when he said Christianity no longer existed in Denmark. There were churches all over the place. People chalked it up to Kierkegaard’s melancholy. Luther once said that the first half of…
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If You Taught Church History…
This next semester I get the shot at teaching a subject I have been desiring to teach for quite some time: CHURCH HISTORY. I get to teach one section covering the early church to the Reformation, then another section covering the Reformation to today. I want to cover key figures in both sections. Church History I — Augustine, the Desert…
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