[Faith-talk] Fw: Fwd: How the Reformation started

[Bill Outman]

Yes, Luther is an interesting story, and timely.  I've read about him in the past and know that the incident at Wittenberg referenced here was in some sense the culmination of a journey and not the beginning.  

He discovered he was not truly in relationship with Christ, though his teaching told him he should have been.  He also rediscovered we cannot earn God's grace, and that penance should be done from sincere repentance and joy over receiving grace rather than in an attempt to earn salvation.  

It's a bit like the founding fathers in this country who hoped to find some accommodation with Britain before being forced to declare independence.  

By the way, did you get my private message to you this afternoon? I'm sorry if I was a bit abrupt, presenting that to you before reintroducing myself on the list.  It is a sensitive subject for both of us, I know.  

God bless in Christ's love.  

Bill Outman 



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Subject: [Faith-talk] Fw: Fwd: How the Reformation started

Zondervan AcademicForwarding from a friend—looks very interesting.



Sandra

One can never consent to creep, when one feels an impulse to soar.
(Helen Keller)


From: Nancy
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 7:52 AM
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Subject: Fwd: How the Reformation started

Great free teaching on Martin Luther.
Nancy

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  From: Zondervan Academic <zondervan at e.zondervan.com>
  Date: September 19, 2017 at 7:18:13 PM EDT
  To: nancham777 at gmail.com
  Subject: How the Reformation started
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                                You probably know at least one thing about Martin Luther: that he nailed the 95 theses to a church door and defied the Roman Catholic Church. The truth is, this is historically inaccurate.





                          How the Reformation Started


                          You probably know at least one thing about Martin Luther: that he nailed the 95 theses to a church door and defied the Roman Catholic Church.

                          This was Luther’s declaration of independence from Rome.

                          The truth is, that's not exactly how it happened.

                          Yes, October 31, 1517, would turn out to be the first hint that the Western world was about to be turned upside down. But Luther’s act on October 31, 1517 was not an act of rebellion.

                          It was, in fact, just the opposite. It was the act of a dutiful son of mother church.

                          Someone—no one knows who—took the Latin text of Luther’s 95 Theses, translated them into German, and sent them all over Germany. When the German people realized that Luther was standing up against abuses in the church, he became a hero throughout Germany.

                          The Reformation began.

                          But how did it start? To find out, we need to know what kind of man Luther was, and where he came from.


                                Learn more >





                          P.S. Take a look at Professor Frank James' talk on Luther's Reformation. You can watch it free between now and the 500th anniversary of the Reformation on October 31, 2017.




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