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Here are some more resources by scholars and theologians:
What the Reformation Did and Didn't Do for Women (Karin Stetina, Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies)
No longer was a woman to be considered "defective and misbegotten," as Aquinas had taught, but created in the image of God and of infinite value. In Christ, all Christians are consecrated priests. Therefore, Luther referred to his own beloved wife Katie, a former nun, as "my rib," my book of Galatians, and the "boss of Zulsdorf" (the Luthers' farm). He called marriage the "school of character" and encouraged a husband to take his wife's opinion into account and not seek to "demonstrate his masculine power and heroic strength by ruling over his wife."
Protestantism's Dangerous Idea: How the Reformation Redefined the Church (Alister McGrath, Andreos Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford)
Although this distinctive and characteristic Protestant doctrine of the church dates from the early 1520s, its full significance only became clear in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The absence of a universally accepted authority structure within Protestantism meant that enterprising individuals, often fired up by a vision for a specific form of ministry, could start their own congregations, or even their own denominations. The outcome of this was inevitable - the emergence of a consumerist mentality, through which Protestants felt able to pick and choose the local church that suited their needs, beliefs or aspirations. And if they didn't find one that was just right, they would establish their own. Catholic critics of Protestantism often point to its innate fissiparous tendencies, which they regard as showing a lack of concern for the fundamental unity of the church.
Martin Luther's Appeal to 'Scripture and Plain Reason' (Travis Dickinson, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Christian Apologetics)
500 years ago today, Martin Luther helped begin a revolution when his Ninety-Five Theses were nailed to the wall of Wittenberg chapel. I proudly stand in that tradition along with many other protestant reformers and revolutionaries. It is a tradition that values the Bible as a unique authority for our Christian beliefs. Luther threw off, among other things, the pronouncements of the papacy as equally or (perhaps functionally) more authoritative than Scripture. I'm no Luther scholar. Let's just get that out of the way. But I know enough to know he faced down fierce opposition at a time when one's theological views could cost one one's life and livelihood all because he became convinced Scripture was the authoritative Word of God.
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Sola Scriptura: Faith and Practice (Dallas Theological Seminary)
Dr. Mark Bailey, senior professor of Bible Exposition and President of DTS, closes Reformation Week, discussing Sola Scriptura and its implications both historically and in the present church.
Should Pastors Today Still Care about the Reformation? (D. A. Carson, Reformed Evangelical theologian and professor of the New Testament)
Pastors devoted to their ministry have so many things to do.1 Apart from the careful preparation week by week of fresh sermons and Bible studies, hours set aside for counseling and administration, care in developing excellent relationships, careful and thoughtful (and time-consuming!) evangelism, the mentoring of another generation coming along behind, the incessant demands of administration and oversight—not to mention the nurturing of one's own soul—there is the regular array of family priorities, including care for aging parents and precious grandchildren and an ill spouse (or any number of permutations of such responsibilities), and, for some, energy levels declining in inverse proportion to advancing years. So why should busy pastors set aside valuable hours to read up on the Reformation, usually thought to have kicked off about five hundred years ago? True, the Reformers lived in rapidly changing times, but how many of them gave serious thought to postmodern epistemology, transgenderism, and the new (in)tolerance? If we are to learn from forebears, wouldn't we be wise to choose more recent forebears? I offer nine reasons why the Reformation still matters for today's pastors.
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Soli Deo Gloria: Heart and Soul of the Reformation (John Piper, chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary)
God works every dot on the timeline of history for his glory. Nothing stands outside the scope of his plan to bring fame to his name, for the joy of his people.
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The Reformation (Alister McGrath, Andreos Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford)
The 500th Anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation provides the opportunity to explore and reflect upon issues of church, state, and religious and cultural diversity that are still at the centre of our national life: the conflicts that divide, and the convictions which diverse parts of the Christian church hold sacred. How are we called to be reformed by the Gospel? How do we build the unity Christ called for with those whose convictions are very different from our own? In this autumn lecture series we will be exploring some of those hopes and controversies.
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Rescuing the Gospel (Dallas Theological Seminary)
Dr. Erwin Lutzer, Pastor Emeritus of The Moody Church, recounts the story of the Protestant Reformation and the relevance of this historical period on modern churches.
