What was
the Protestant Reformation all about? Simple: it was about the power of local
government and lesser magistrates. It was about much more, but it was
definitely, and crucially, about this. Without it, there would have been no
Reformation. Without it, there will also not be another one.
Church
history is so often taught only as an abstraction from the rest of history, and
it makes quite a difference in our worldview when consider the rest of the
story. Here are some of the more important points to the rest of the story of
the Protestant Reformation.
As part
of celebrating this 500th anniversary of the Reformation, we need to recover
the broader view of it’s implications. It is not only about personal salvation,
etc., but all areas of life. In order to recover that view, we need to consider
the broader, earthly, real aspects of its background: politics, business,
banking, technology, local government, and resistance.
This talk
is the first in a series of three,
delivered last month at the Biblical Worldview Academy in
Hobart, Tasmania. Together they essentially make one long presentation in three
installments, urging us to look at the broader social implications of Sola
Scriptura (authority), Sola Gratia (Grace and work), and Soli Deo Gloria
(mediatorship), each for every area of life.
There is
one thing I can assure you: you have probably never heard the Reformation
taught like this before.
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to website for better access if necessary.)
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