The World Wide (Religious) Web for Wednesday, May 11, 2011
In America, crazy people accuse the president of being foreign born. In Iran, crazy people charge Ahmadinejad allies with sorcery. In America, the crazy people are on the political fringe. In Iran, the...
View ArticleReview of ‘Getting the Reformation Wrong’ by James R. Payton Jr.
James R. Payton Jr., Getting the Reformation Wrong: Correcting Some Misunderstandings (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic 2010). Paperback / Kindle Every now and then, I hear friends describe—denounce,...
View ArticleIn Honor of Reformation Day, Here are Martin Luther’s 95 Theses
On this day in 1517, Martin Luther nailed the following 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. _______________ Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of...
View ArticleWhat Does Wittenberg Have to Do with Azusa Street? #InfluencePodcast
Check out my podcast with Frank Macchia, who gives a Pentecostal perspective on the Protestant Reformation… http://traffic.libsyn.com/influenceresources/Influence_Magazine_Frank_Macchia.mp3 This is...
View ArticleHere I Stand | Book Review
The Protestant Reformation marks its five-hundredth anniversary this coming October 31st. On that date in 1517, Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the Castle Church in...
View ArticleRebel in the Ranks | Book Review
October 31, 2017, marks the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation. On that date in 1517, an Augustinian monk named Martin Luther posted a document calling for academic debate on...
View ArticleMartin Luther | Book Review
On the occasion of the Protestant Reformation’s five hundredth anniversary, books about Martin Luther have been pouring off the presses. Eric Metaxas’ Martin Luther will probably sell the most copies,...
View ArticleReformation Reading Recommendations
The Protestant Reformation was a bookish renewal movement, so it’s not surprising that publishers are celebrating its 500th anniversary with a slew of new books about Martin Luther and his spiritual...
View ArticleMartin Luther: A Late Medieval Life | Book Review
For nearly 70 years, English-language readers have been well served by Roland H. Bainton’s classic biography of Martin Luther, Here I Stand. A slew of new biographies has come off the presses in time...
View ArticleMartin Luther: A Spiritual Biography | Book Review
“Luther was a problem,” writes Herman Selderhuis in Martin Luther: A Spiritual Biography. “Certainly for the pope and the emperor, but often he was also a problem for his fellow reformers.” However,...
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