Happy Reformation Day!

This is the 491st anniversary of Martin Luther’s nailing his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenburg Church.  Because of the printing press, this step by Luther was soon the spark that kindled the Reformation fires across much of Europe.  And as Dan Phillips points out, if we enjoy the privilege of freely worshipping in a non-Catholic, Christian church of almost any Protestant denomination (or even no denomination), we have Martin Luther to thank.  We don’t need to idolize Luther, however.  Instead we can be thankful for God’s mercy in providing us with the Reformation and the blessings we still enjoy because of it.

Here is some reading for you this Reformation Day.

• Reformation Day and Unity (this is a post I did back in 2006 on Zwingli.
• Luther’s First Thesis and Last Words by David Mathis of Desiring God
• Dan Phillips’ Reformation Day 2008 post
• Luther’s “I cannot and will not recant”, the words and the video clip (from the classic Luther movie) by Isaiah of Word and Verse
• John Piper’s biographical sketch of Luther (given in 1996)
• Reformation Day Book special at Monergism Books
• Incredible deal on a Reformation Study Bible from Ligonier Ministries
• Martin Luther page on Theopedia (with lots of links at the bottom for more reading)
• Various articles on Monergism.com (a search on Martin Luther)
• UPDATE: Bible Geek Gone Wild points out a new archeological dig re: Martin Luther

Related Posts:

• A Reformation Reader, edited by Denis Janz
• America — A Pagan Nation?
• Generational Patricide
• Those Five New Points of Calvinism

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