Tag: Martin Luther
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Happy Halloween! Five Ways to Spook Your Evangelical Friends
This Saturday, October 31, you can really spook your evangelical friends. On this dark, ghoulish night 498 years ago, a Roman Catholic priest turned zombie named Martin Luther posted his 95 Heresies on the door of the haunted Wittenburg Castle. Since that night, its halls and rooms have been filled with the ghastly shrieks and apparitions…
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Trumpeting the Gospel of the Reformation
The good news is that Christ is the merciful, pre-eminent watchman. He knew judgment was coming upon sinners, and he sounded the gospel trumpet of forgiveness. But he himself provided the way of forgiveness when he took the blood of sinners upon his own head.
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Bulletin for November 3, 2013: Trumpeting the Gospel of the Reformation
Without any merit of mine, out of mere grace God grants and imputes to me the perfect satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness of Christ. (Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 60)
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Why Does Your Church Have Confession, Absolution, and Communion?
Roman Catholic stuff? For evangelicals, these three words conjure up a nightmare of a confessional, adoration of the host, and other forms of Roman Catholic sacerdotalism. James asked me about these things…
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“Brother, Are You Born Again?”
To our surprise, all those who raised their hands were herded into a room where there were some other people waiting. After a few friendly questions about who we are and where we came from, they asked us, “Are you born again?†I was shocked and offended, and wanted to retort back, “What is it…