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REFORMATION 501 – THE HEIDELBERG DISPUTATION
Last year we marked the 500th anniversary of what most folks consider the starting pistol of the Lutheran Reformation – Luther’s hammering of the 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Oct. 31. 1517. With these theses or statements in Latin, Luther proposed a debate among the theologians on the sale of indulgences to purchase time off purgatory. The debate he asked for didn’t happen that year. But the 95 Theses were translated, printed and…
“I HAVE FOUND THE BOOK!”
The Bible tells us of good King Josiah in the waning days of the kingdom of Judah. He has been called the Martin Luther of the Old Testament. He got rid of the idols in the land and restored the worship of the one, true God. Somewhere amid all the remodeling, scrubbing and dusting, Hilkiah the High Priest makes an announcement: “I have found the Book of the Law in the temple of the Lord!” Imagine! They had lost the…