Reformation Day, Week, and Month: Posts from October (mostly) with the Reformation Theme
Lord willing, I plan to post pictures soon from our Reformation Day Celebration on Saturday, October 31 -- the 492nd anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. God in His providence would use Luther's courageous, uncompromising boldness to launch the Protestant Reformation, which we remember, make known, and celebrate each year on October 31.Here are my posts from October (mostly) concerning the Reformation:
Pay special attention to the Bach, Handel, and Mendelssohn compositions in this post. Bach, of course, famously appended to each of his scores S.D.G. (initials for Soli Deo Gloria = to God alone be the glory).
Matthew Henry, a great Puritan commentator on Scripture, discusses trembling at God's Word.
This post contains a listing of Reformation themes, as well as some very useful and encouraging quotes.
Charles Spurgeon, the "Prince of Preachers," lived long after the Reformation era, but he stood squarely on the same foundational faith and practices from Scripture as the Puritans. Here is Spurgeon affirming the victory of Christ, Who rules as the sovereign and supreme King over all.
Ecclesia Reformata Semper Reformanda Secundum Verbum Dei is a Reformational theme, which means, "The Church Reformed, and Always Reforming According to the Word of God." The Pilgrims who migrated from England to Holland and then to the New World provide us a living example of Reformed Christians always reforming according to the Word of God.
This post contains some quotes pertaining to the Reformation and the proceeding Puritan era, as well as quotes on economics.
The Church Fathers taught the Reformational doctrine of Sola Scriptura that is clearly affirmed in the very inspired text, Holy Scripture, that this doctrine declares to be our only infallible, sufficient, authoritative, and final rule of faith and practice.
The Protestant Reformers stood squarely on the teaching of God's Word, as also affirmed by the Church Fathers, in their insistence upon Sola Fide. The Reformers' doctrine of salvation by grace alone, through faith alone (Sola Fide -- covered in this post) in Christ alone, was nothing new.
John Calvin, as well as the Westminster and London Baptist divines who proceeded him, articulated and defended the distinctly Reformed regulative principle of worship.
Francis Turretin, a Reformed theologian educated in Seventeenth Century Geneva, defended the Protestant Reformers against the charge that they were not properly called, asserting that truth is more important than succession of authority in institutions.
REFORMATION WEEK, part 1: The Church Fathers Taught "Sola Gratia"
REFORMATION WEEK, part 2: Calvin arrives at Geneva and faces Farel's presuasion tactics
REFORMATION WEEK, part 3: God calls us to REMEMBER
REFORMATION WEEK, part 4: Solus Christus, "Christ Alone," as articulated by Scripture, the Church Fathers, and the Reformers
REFORMATION WEEK, part 5: Soli Deo Gloria, "Glory to God alone," as articulated in Thomas Watson's "A Body of Divinity"
REFORMATION WEEK, part 6: "Semper Reformanda," Always Reforming -- now and for many ages to come
REFORMATION WEEK, part 7: Dr. Greg Bahnsen Defends "Sola Scriptura"
REFORMATION WEEK, part 8: Thomas Boston, "Useful Directions For Reading and Searching the Scriptures"
REFORMATION WEEK, part 9: James White defends "Sola Scriptura" against Roman Catholic arguments
REFORMATION WEEK, part 10: John Calvin's global influence in spreading the Gospel of the Kingdom of Christ
REFORMATION WEEK, part 11: Boettner, Calvin, & Gregory I vs. the "Universal Pope" (a.k.a., "Antichrist," as per the WCF and LBCF)
REFORMATION WEEK, part 12: "Post Tenebras Lux" -- After Darkness, Light: A Theme of the Reformation
REFORMATION WEEK, part 13: Declaring and Celebrating God's Providential Works in and through our Fathers throughout History
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