10/31/2025
Today is the 508th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. It began when the Augustinian Monk Martin Luder famously nailed his 95 Theses to the door in Wittenberg.
Luder, who later changed his name to Luther, changed the course of Western history with his questioning of church teaching.
Luther is a very important person in world history. You may be familiar with various lists of the most important people in the last 1,000 years, and on some of these lists, Luther comes in second. Not just among Christians, but in the world at large, Luther is a VIP.
Where might one go to learn more about Luther and his ideas?
The Cross Alone site, managed by our pastor, offers a sermon on the reformation: https://crossalone.us/?p=11004
The Evangelical Christian Post offers some history: https://www.christianpost.com/news/reformation-day-7-notable-enemies-of-martin-luther.html
Roland Bainton's "Here I Stand," is still a relevant and insightful biography of Luther. For people with a serious interest in history, they might follow Bainton with Oberman's superb, "Martin Luther: Man Between God and the Devil."
