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Why the Reformation Still Matter by Michael Reeves and Tim Chester

500 Years of the Reformation: Why We Need Revival and Reformation Today, Featured, Theology For Life / David Steele / October 31, 2017

October 31s, 2017, marks the 500 year anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. This quin-centennial celebration is remarkable in many ways, as Protestants around the world will remember the accomplishments of the Reformers, most notably the bold move by Martin Luther in nailing the Ninety-Five Theses to the castle door at Wittenberg. Despite the widespread celebration […]

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The Five Solas of the Reformation and Their Importance Today

500 Years of the Reformation: Why We Need Revival and Reformation Today, Featured, Theology For Life / Dave Jenkins / October 31, 2017

The Reformation in the 16th century is long known as a religious renewal movement, which we refer to today as the Protestant Reformation. This movement is known to have changed the course of Western civilization, but what is often not understood about this event is that no one single man caused it. For example, it

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Who is Jonathan Edwards?

500 Years of the Reformation: Why We Need Revival and Reformation Today, Featured / Obbie Tyler / October 31, 2017

In order to gather a sense of Jonathan Edwards’ titanic legacy in American religious history, one needs only to survey the host of nicknames ascribed to him by various scholars through the years. In 1988, Robert Jenson pronounced Edwards “America’s theologian”. For the seemingly endless shadow he still casts upon American Protestantism, Richard Niebuhr boldly

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Who is Martin Luther?

500 Years of the Reformation: Why We Need Revival and Reformation Today, Featured / James Forbis / October 31, 2017

When tasked with writing about Martin Luther there are many ways in which one can approach the man. There are books on his influence on the Christian life, biographies aplenty, commentaries on his Tabletalk’s, commentaries on his letters and writings, there are even books devoted to the sheer volume of pithy sayings he had. I

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Soli Deo Gloria: To Glorify God Alone

500 Years of the Reformation: Why We Need Revival and Reformation Today, Featured, Theology For Life / David Steele / October 31, 2017

It has been said that Soli Deo Gloria is “the glue that holds the solas together”;[1] the way we view God influences everything about us. It influences how we parent our children. It influences our work ethic. Our view of God influences the way we relate to our spouse. It influences the way we worship.

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Reforming Mission: How the Reformation Informs the Task of Missions

500 Years of the Reformation: Why We Need Revival and Reformation Today, Featured, Theology For Life / AJ Gibson / October 31, 2017

Over the past several decades there has been considerable debate among Christians regarding this question, “Should the term “mission” be used exclusively to refer to the task of evangelism and disciple-making, or can it be broadened to include socially-oriented activities?” Some missiologists, for example, see mission as “as everything God wills to do in the

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Being John Calvin

500 Years of the Reformation: Why We Need Revival and Reformation Today, Featured, Theology For Life / Michael Haykin / October 31, 2017

Born on July 10, 1509, in Noyon, Picardy, in northern France, John Calvin was raised in a family of deeply committed Roman Catholics. Calvin would long remember his mother taking him on pilgrimages to see the relics of the saints, while his father, the financial administrator of the cathedral of Noyon, sought to arrange things

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The Unquenchable Flame: Discovering the Heart of the Reformation by Mike Reeves

500 Years of the Reformation: Why We Need Revival and Reformation Today, Featured, Theology For Life / James Forbis / October 31, 2017

The Unquenchable Flame: Discovering the Heart of the Reformation, by Michael Reeves, may be the most important book you can read this year in preparation for (or in celebration of) the 500th anniversary of the Reformation on October 31st. Although this book was published and released in 2010, it is important for pastors, lay leaders,

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