When Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses outside the door of the campus church in Wittenberg, he had no intention of dividing the Catholic Church. But within a decade of that event, such acts of protest had gained irreversible momentum, and “Protestantism” was officially born. Throughout the 16th century new church governments were formed, new...
Month: January 2012
Gospels, Part 5: Jesus, Prophet of the Kingdom
One of the greatest challenges to understanding the message of Jesus is knowing how to categorize him as a speaker. When those first audiences gathered, who did they think they were going to hear? A teacher? A philosopher? A political leader? Or something else? In this fifth installment in the Next Steps into the Gospels course...