Some Books about The Reformation
Late last year my husband Garry found a book we'd urge you to obtain and read: Rescuing the Gospel: The Story and Significance of the Reformation (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2016), by Erwin W. Lutzer.
Other books Garry has which are pertinent to the topic of the Reformation are:
The Reformation by Owen Chadwick
The Age of the Reformation by Roland H. Bainton
Here I Stand by Roland H. Bainton
The Life and Times of Martin Luther by J. H. Merle D'Aubigne
Our pastor in Cincinnati recommends The Reformation: How a Monk and a Mallet Changed the World by Stephen Nichols.
Today is the 500th anniversary of the real start of the Protestant Reformation in Europe when Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany on the eve of All Saints' Day. So take a moment or two to reflect on and celebrate that momentous event--never mind the carnal fuss and frivolity of Halloween.
Consider just a few of Luther's Theses that retain a timeless and scriptural significance:
(1) "When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ says repent, He means that the whole life of believers upon earth should be a constant and perpetual repentance."
(36) "Every Christian who truly repents of his sins, enjoys an entire remission both of the penalty and the guilt [that is, he or she receives justification], without any need of indulgences."
(95) "For it is far better to enter into the kingdom of heaven through much tribulation [through the narrow gate of genuine salvation] than to acquire a carnal security by the consolations of a false peace [indulgences, rituals, false works--'salvation' by any other means than by faith alone, through grace alone, by Christ alone]."
Other books Garry has which are pertinent to the topic of the Reformation are:
The Reformation by Owen Chadwick
The Age of the Reformation by Roland H. Bainton
Here I Stand by Roland H. Bainton
The Life and Times of Martin Luther by J. H. Merle D'Aubigne
Our pastor in Cincinnati recommends The Reformation: How a Monk and a Mallet Changed the World by Stephen Nichols.
Today is the 500th anniversary of the real start of the Protestant Reformation in Europe when Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany on the eve of All Saints' Day. So take a moment or two to reflect on and celebrate that momentous event--never mind the carnal fuss and frivolity of Halloween.
Consider just a few of Luther's Theses that retain a timeless and scriptural significance:
(1) "When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ says repent, He means that the whole life of believers upon earth should be a constant and perpetual repentance."
(36) "Every Christian who truly repents of his sins, enjoys an entire remission both of the penalty and the guilt [that is, he or she receives justification], without any need of indulgences."
(95) "For it is far better to enter into the kingdom of heaven through much tribulation [through the narrow gate of genuine salvation] than to acquire a carnal security by the consolations of a false peace [indulgences, rituals, false works--'salvation' by any other means than by faith alone, through grace alone, by Christ alone]."
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