But that’s what Cardinal Walter Kaspar wants to make him.
Martin Luther
Luther: Not Just Another Moral Reformer
But that’s what Cardinal Walter Kasper wants to make him.* There were a lot of moral Reformers before, during, and after the Reformation. Luther wasn’t one of them. The moral Reformers wanted to clean up the behavior of the Roman communion and . . . Continue reading →
R. C.'s Commencement Address Online
R. C. Sproul addressed the 27th graduating class at WSC. The free audio is online here.
Luther's Theology of the Cross
You need to know this.
What Reformation Day Really Is
Reformation Day as we know it is somewhat arbitrary. There’s little about the 95 Theses is that is distinctively Protestant. There are shadows and hints here and there in the 95 Theses of what would become Luther’s mature views, but for the . . . Continue reading →
Audio: Recovering the Reformation
Here is the audio (at sermonaudio.com) from the Recovering the Reformation conference held over Reformation Day weekend this fall at Springs Reformed Church (RPCNA) in beautiful Colorado Springs. Once again, I’m grateful to Pastor David Reese, to Shawn Stickel and everyone there . . . Continue reading →
Trueman on Luther as Pastoral Revolutionary
Thanks to the Reformed Fellowship (HT: Confessional Outhouse)
Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper (1541; Pt 9)
Part 8 53. Last Division—Recent Disputes on the Supper To have done, it is necessary to come to the last principal point, viz., the contention which has arisen in our time in regard to this matter. Now, as it is an unhappy . . . Continue reading →
Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper (1541; Pt 10)
Part 9 59. Duty of the Servants of God in Regard to the Advancement of Truth Both parties failed in not having the patience to listen to each other in order to follow the truth without passion, when it would have been . . . Continue reading →
Calvin: Our Churches and Ministry Founded on Luther
We maintain to start with that, when God raised up Luther and others, who held forth a torch to light us into the way of salvation on on whose ministry our churches are founded and built, those heads of doctrine in which . . . Continue reading →
Essay on Luther’s Doctrine of Justification Online (Updated)
My essay in the Concordia Theological Journal is now online as a PDF.
Today Should Be Reformation Day!
Not October 31. Thanks to Justin for this timely reminder.
Audio: Godfrey on the "Reformation of Worry"
Here’s a 2006 chapel talk by our own Bob Godfrey given in the chapel of the Master’s College.
John Samson is Reading Always Reformed
He likes the passage from R. C.’s chapter (p. 190) part of which says, [Luther] wondered, why is it that people are still spending their money on indulgences and on what [he] called the Pope’s second-hand junk? He said, the Pope is . . . Continue reading →
Luther on Papacy, Priesthood, and the Crucifixion
We should learn here that no one should place his trust in men, even if he is in an estate ordained by God. But if we are not to believe nor put our trust in Annas and Caiaphas, how are we to . . . Continue reading →
Luther’s Rhetoric Versus Melanchthon’s
The little fellow is a godly man…his intention is not bad…but he hasn’t accomplished much by his method. I think…that my way is still the best. I speak right out and scold my opponents like schoolboys. For a knotty stump requires a . . . Continue reading →
Contra Leithart: No, The Reformation Isn’t Over
Before You Reject At Least Understand It
In a post on the First Things blog today, Peter Leithart declares the “End of Protestantism.” It’s not at all clear, however, that he understands what he wants to end. He begins with a sociological observation about contemporary English non-conformists and uses . . . Continue reading →
Did Luther And Calvin Favor Evangelical Monasticism?
I was clicking around the internets recently and (probably via Twitter) and found a fascinating essay by Greg Peters, Associate Professor of Torrey Honors Institute, Biola University. The burden of the essay is to introduce the reader to and to commend the . . . Continue reading →
Luther’s Judgment On Images
With regard to Luther’s judgment on images, we are not in the dark. In his report to his confidant Nikolaus Hausmann on the situation he found in Wittenberg, he was unambiguous: “Damno imagines.” The elimination of images, however, should be brought about . . . Continue reading →
Luther: The Antinomians Preach Easter But Not Pentecost
That is what my Antinomians, too, are doing today. They are preaching finely and (I can think nothing else) with real seriousness about Christ’s grace, the forgiveness of sins, and the other things that can be said concerning redemption. But they flee . . . Continue reading →