1. The church’s reformation is not about fragmentation, but a way forward to unity around that which is central to the church, around Christ and him crucified.
  2. Luther understood when the Word of God came it did not offer sinners a choice.
  3. This is a Q&A for 1517 Publishing’s newest release, “How Melanchthon Helped Luther Discover the Gospel,” by Lowell C. Green. This release also marks the launch of our new Melanchthon Library.
  4. Even if not a turning point, 1518 is a point of no return for Luther.
  5. The way to salvation does not consist in works invented by men, but that which leads to God is believing and trusting in Him.
  6. Except for the Augsburg Confession, Melanchthon’s Loci communes of 1521 were the most important of his writings.
  7. For Luther, Erasmus’ Christ-less, Spirit-less theological conclusions demonstrated that behind his supposed humanistic optimism lay a profound despair and pessimism.
  8. John Hoyum joins Caleb Keith to answer some listener questions.
  9. What is it to perform the Word? Is it to speak about it, to retell it, to illustrate it, to enlighten it? What?
  10. For Erasmus, it would be better for people in general to bear the disease of moralism and choice than to be cured of it by the preaching and teaching of God’s unconditional election of sinners in Christ.
  11. The upright, in whom the law has exercised its work, when they feel their sickness and weakness, say: God will help me; I trust in him; I build upon him; he is my rock and hope.
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