Luther stood not on the pronouncements of popes, or the decisions of councils, or the winds of popular opinion, but on “that word above all earthly powers.”
Oct 30, 2017
8 min
Katharina married Martin Luther to survive as a runaway nun, but their marriage proved to be a model in a time when “pastor’s wife” was a new role.
Oct 29, 2017
6 min
The Reformation required more than theological giants. It also demanded organizational geniuses.
Oct 28, 2017
6 min
He took the lead role in writing the Heidelberg Catechism, one of the most ringing affirmations of faith in all of Christian history.
Oct 27, 2017
5 min
Theodore Beza gave form to what we now call Calvinism by explaining and defending the biblical doctrines Calvin had rediscovered.
Oct 26, 2017
6 min
Lady Jane Grey was a teenage victim of social and political conspiracy, beheaded at seventeen for her faith. But her life is far from a tragedy.
Oct 25, 2017
6 min
Pierre Viret knew how to contend for the truth of God’s word with theological rigor and courage. He also knew how to do it with a smile.
Oct 24, 2017
5 min
Robert Estienne was the premier printer of the Protestant cause. He put Reformation doctrine and the Bible itself into the hands of ordinary people.
Oct 23, 2017
6 min
The key to John Calvin’s life: he recovered and embodied a passion for the absolute reality and majesty of God.
Oct 22, 2017
6 min
John Knox feared the face of no man, which equipped him to bring reform to his homeland in the Highlands.
Oct 21, 2017
6 min
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