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Harry Potter eat your heart out!
I’m listening to On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson, narrated by Andrew Peterson on my Audible app. Try Audible and get it here: https://www.audible.com.au/pd?asin=1529371147&source_code=ASSORAP0511160006
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A Diet of Worms… (1)
On the 18th of April 1521 Martin Luther stood before Emperor Charles V during the Imperial Diet held at Worms in Germany. The Emperor had summoned Luther for what would be his ‘most dramatic public event of his career.’ Luther had already been threatened with excommunication by Pope Leo X. Now he was facing the fury […]
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Luther’s Eight Sermons at Wittenberg, March 1522 (Part 4)
As a pastor returning to the mess that Karlstadt had begun – in trying to bring revolution – Luther explains the method he uses to decide whether something is to be considered ‘free’ or a ‘must’. Remember this is Luther’s third sermon having returned from Wittenberg from isolation in Wartburg Castle (although he probably didn’t […]
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Luther’s Eight Sermons at Wittenberg, March 1522 (Part 3)
Luther begins his second sermon with a summary of his sermon from the day before: ‘Dear friends, you heard yesterday the chief characteristics of a Christian man, that his whole life and being is faith and love. Faith is directed toward God, love toward man and one’s neighbor, and consists in such love and service […]
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Resurrected to Freedom…
For many millions around the globe, this weekend is the time we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. The resurrection of Jesus points us to the resurrection that awaits us all – whether to death or to life (John 5:29). It points us to the one through whom life comes, and this […]
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Luther’s Eight Sermons at Wittenberg, March 1522 (Part 1)
What do you say to a congregation that has been influenced for change in a radical manner? In his first sermon on March 9 1522, Luther begins by laying down some ground rules for his Wittenberg congregation—many of whom had not seen him since he left for the Diet of Worms in April the previous […]
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A New Pastoral Problem | Carl R. Trueman | First Things
President Biden’s policies have made him a danger to all women everywhere, even in high school restrooms. — Read on www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2021/03/a-new-pastoral-problem
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Luther Quote #5
From the Wartburg Castle, where Luther was in hiding following the Diet of Worms, Luther wrote to Philipp Melanchthon (Aug 1 1521) a confronting but certainly misunderstood hyperbolic diction: ‘If you are a preacher of grace, then preach real and not fake grace. If grace is true, then you must bear true and not false […]
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Westside Reformed Church » Is your church preparing you for trials?
Westside Reformed Church » Is your church preparing you for trials? — Read on westsidereformed.org/is-your-church-preparing-you-for-trials/
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Luther Quote #2
5 Months before the fateful Oct 31st 1517, Luther would write: ‘Our theology and St. Augustine are progressing well, and with God’s help rule at our University. Aristotle is gradually falling from his throne, and his final doom is only a matter of time. It is amazing how the lectures on the Sentences are disdained. […]
RIDING SHOTGUN WITH LUTHER AND CALVIN 