Reformation

Place for Truth: Many agreed on the need for church reform, but Luther gave the reform theological roots … The cure is not that men do what they can, but that God does what men cannot. Hence salvation is by grace alone, through Christ alone, received by faith alone. That teaching led to Luther’s greatest moral reforms.

“The Heritage of the Reformation” was the theme at this year’s annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, where Southern Baptists delivered nearly a third of the gathering’s presentations and Trinity International University President David Dockery was elected president.” BPNews

Founders.org: When the flames were upon him and a Friar Campbell called for him to recant, Hamilton spoke prophetically, “You wicked man, you know that I am not a heretic, and that it is the truth of God for which I now suffer; so much did you confess unto me in private, and thereupon I appeal you to answer before the judgment seat of Christ.”

“We can respect the Reformers without revering them. Over the next few weeks I will examine those areas of the Reformation in which we Baptists can agree.” Maranatha Online

“Protestants constituted 37 percent of Christians worldwide in 2010. It comes second to Catholics, which make up 50 percent of Christians all over the globe.” WRN

This book, written by a diverse and accomplished group of dispensational scholars, articulates in each and every chapter how, five-hundred years later, dispensational thought upholds and advances the legacy of the Reformation unlike any other theological system in the Christian tradition.

Eerdmans: On October 31, 2017, Protestants all over the world will celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. To help you celebrate, we handpicked a list of titles focused on the Reformation and on key components of Protestantism.

“[L]eaders from around the world released on Tuesday a theological statement affirming the essentials of the Reformation. And its Protestant authors contend that in this 500th anniversary year, the document is a “catholic” statement in its best sense.” CPost

Central Seminary: “The Reformation led to many positive doctrinal and social changes in the Western world. … But what about the darkness? Were there any negative consequences the Reformation? Join us as Dr. Larry Pettegrew carefully critiques history’s greatest protest.”