This is our third time visiting Savannah, GA, and one of the highlights of our second trip (July, 2019) was discovering Savannah’s church history. While we visited some of the church history sites we discovered last time, we also stumbled upon new sites as we vacationed in the Jekyll Island area. I want to share…
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Martin Luther and the Reformation, Part 2
The first post (part 1) ended with Luther burning the Papal Bull, in which the Pope gave Luther 60 days to repent at the threat of excommunication. Luther never repented, and he faced the consequences. The Diet of Worms Luther was excommunicated in January of 1521, shortly after receiving—and subsequently burning—the papal bull. However, the…
Martin Luther and the Reformation, Part 1
October is Reformation month, the last Sunday in October is Reformation Sunday, and October 31 is Reformation Day. In light of that, we are going to post a series of articles related to the Protestant Reformation. Sovereignty of God and the Reformation The Protestant Reformation was a significant event in church history, and as with…