Reformation for right now

Lee Gatiss  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Apr 2017
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Reformation for right now

Lee Gatiss

Lee Gatiss reminds us of the need for the centrality of the Bible in the contemporary church

With the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s famous stand against indulgences this year, there’s already been much debate about the legacy of those tumultuous events.

Naturally, we want to repudiate the violence of those times and must regret that there was division between churches (because many turned away from the light). Ultimately, however, the Reformation clarified a very necessary distinction between teaching that leads people astray spiritually, and the more edifying teaching of the Bible – freshly released into the world in a language people could understand.

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