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Series: Nailed It: Why the Reformation Still Matters
Scott Maze
Acts 4:1-22
Reformation and Luther Sermon Bumper plays before me.
If you donate to our church today, then your past, or future sins can be forgiven!! If you are unsure of the eternal destiny of one of your family members, then an even greater donation will take care of this. 500 years ago, a man named Joseph Tetzel wandered around Europe selling salvation. His words echo throughout the generations: ''A coin in the coffer rings, a soul from purgatory springs.'' Called indulgences, a gift to the church's building program when free your loved one from misery in the afterlife. Then on October, 31, 1517 a young Augustinian monk named Martin Luther, nailed a piece of parchment against the Wittenberg church door. History has called this act - the nailing of the 95 theses. It should been nothing more than an ecclesiastical debate among Catholic clergy, after all, the words were written in Latin ... hardly the language of the people. Luther went downtown, to the front doors of the church, which acted like a community bulletin board, and nailed his 95 theses to the door. Martin Luther nailing the 95 Theses to the Wittenburg Church doors, was essentially a group of men from Boston, throwing a bunch of Tea off an English Ship. It was the first step to not to Revolution, but Reformation.
I want to tell you the story that explains why thousands of churches all over America, celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in just a few weeks. In fact this is where we will be the next several weeks, leading up to the 500 year anniversary of Martin Luther's act that began the Protestant Reformation. You may be asking yourself, why does this matter?
How does something that happened 500 years ago affect me? Think with me about the Copernican Revolution - Nicolaus Copernicus formulated a model of the universe that place the Sun at the center, rather than the Earth. And who would ...
Series: Nailed It: Why the Reformation Still Matters
Scott Maze
Acts 4:1-22
Reformation and Luther Sermon Bumper plays before me.
If you donate to our church today, then your past, or future sins can be forgiven!! If you are unsure of the eternal destiny of one of your family members, then an even greater donation will take care of this. 500 years ago, a man named Joseph Tetzel wandered around Europe selling salvation. His words echo throughout the generations: ''A coin in the coffer rings, a soul from purgatory springs.'' Called indulgences, a gift to the church's building program when free your loved one from misery in the afterlife. Then on October, 31, 1517 a young Augustinian monk named Martin Luther, nailed a piece of parchment against the Wittenberg church door. History has called this act - the nailing of the 95 theses. It should been nothing more than an ecclesiastical debate among Catholic clergy, after all, the words were written in Latin ... hardly the language of the people. Luther went downtown, to the front doors of the church, which acted like a community bulletin board, and nailed his 95 theses to the door. Martin Luther nailing the 95 Theses to the Wittenburg Church doors, was essentially a group of men from Boston, throwing a bunch of Tea off an English Ship. It was the first step to not to Revolution, but Reformation.
I want to tell you the story that explains why thousands of churches all over America, celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in just a few weeks. In fact this is where we will be the next several weeks, leading up to the 500 year anniversary of Martin Luther's act that began the Protestant Reformation. You may be asking yourself, why does this matter?
How does something that happened 500 years ago affect me? Think with me about the Copernican Revolution - Nicolaus Copernicus formulated a model of the universe that place the Sun at the center, rather than the Earth. And who would ...
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