In a previous post I mentioned Ulfilas, who translated Scripture into Gothic in the 4th century. Only portions of Ulfilas’ translation still exist but an abundance of materials written by and about the early church reformers—Wycliffe, Hus, Calvin and Luther—are...
Continue the Reformation Fall 2021 Wartburg Castle where Luther translated the New Testament. Martin Luther sparked the Reformation with 95 theses on the Wittenberg door. Lutherans across the globe celebrated the 500th anniversary of that event in 2017. But the...
Episode 35: Luther & Access to God’s Word August 6, 2021 One of the really key things of the Reformation that Luther did was to take the Scriptures, which had been inaccessible, and to make them available in a language they knew, and they could hear the Lord...
“Would that this one book were in every language, in every hand, before the eyes, and in the ears and hearts of all men.” Could Luther have imagined when he wrote those words just how many languages there were in the world? With ongoing European exploration expanding...
As citizens of the 21st century, we may have lost perspective on just how momentous the Protestant Reformation was. It influenced the balance of political power, changed the map of Europe, and inspired and shaped the formation of the New World. First and foremost, of...