By Rick Jones Out of love for the truth and the desire to bring it to light”— Martin Luther passionately and thoughtfully penned a list of “propositions” that his church urgently needed to discuss. His timing was perfect. The next day, All Saints Day, (the first of November), as the belfries of the Castle Church chimed in remembrance of “the poor souls in purgatory,” men in black were set to parade down the stone paved lanes of Wittenberg. While cool breezes whisked the last of fall’s radiant...

By James Plank   We are commemorating the 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther’s extraordinary nailing of 95 theses to Wittenberg’s door and the resulting reformation. We trace our spiritual heritage directly through the reformation. This line of history clarified, among other things, what the Bible had always taught- “the just shall live by faith.” John Wesley would later have a heart warming experience while reading Luther’s preface to Romans. Again, marking our heritage with deep...