Proof The Bible Is True

On this day in 1517—exactly 500 years ago—the church and culture were changed forever when a defiant monk nailed his 95 Theses to the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. This act by Martin Luther is considered the beginning of the Protestant Reformation, a period that would radically reform the church as she returned to God’s Word, not man’s tradition, as the authority for life and practice.

A World Primed for Reform

 

Much has changed over the five centuries since Luther’s bold stance on God’s Word. But the world of Luther is one that parallels our own in some ways. The late 15th and 16th centuries were characterized by massive changes: the invention of Gutenberg’s printing press enabled the printed word to travel in a way it never could before; the Black Plague had decimated the population; new lands were being discovered; science was advancing by leaps and bounds; and the church and government were filled with greed, corruption, and political alliances between kings and popes.

 

This world eerily parallels our own. We live in a time of change; the internet has quickly shrunk the world, allowing information to spread more easily than ever; apocalyptic threats of catastrophic climate change, disease and antibiotic resistance, terrorism, natural disasters, nuclear war, and more threaten us; new worlds (exoplanets) are being discovered; science is still advancing and changing the way we think about things; and some churches and governments are still greedy and corrupt, serving their own interests.

 

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