David Johnstone and David Martin, two fathers from Lurgan Free Presbyterian Church, organised a two-day 'Reformation Father and Son Trip' to Castle Ward, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. This extremely scenic park, with a variety of suitable places of interest, enabled them to move to different locations for the purpose of re-enacting, then discussing key points in Luther’s life. Highlights in the two-day itinerary (Monday-Tuesday) were: * Bible studies & Devotions – songs and stu

Obadiah Sedgwick, a member of the Westminster Assembly of Divines and minister of God’s Word at Coggleshall, Essex, (later, at St. Paul's, Covent Garden, London), produced a series of messages that tackled the believer's battle with doubts and fears. This book was called, 'A Puritan Treatise on Assurance,' and outlines the nature, kinds, springs and also the remedies for those doubts that affect a believer's walk with God. He deals with 14 'springs of doubting' and then proce

Under the title, ‘Year 500: What Has Become Of Luther’s Reformation?’, Dale Hurd, in writing for CBN News (9 June 2017), probed points of contrast between Luther’s Germany and today’s, then explored the question as to how would Martin Luther feel about today's secular Germany? • German Lutheran pastor Dr. Theo Lehmann responded that Luther would, "turn over in his grave." • One of the world's leading authorities on the reformation, Yale professor Dr. Carlos Eire, says the nu

Luther spent his childhood and early youth in Mansfeld, having moved with his parents from Eisleben to Mansfeld in 1484. Eventually, his parents were able to save enough money to buy their own house, which is now a museum. Until the age of 13, Martin Luther was a student at Mansfeld's Latin School. Only the foundations remain of what was once the first school Luther ever attended. Nevertheless, every year on the first Saturday following Easter, his enrolment is reenacted and

Currently showing in Wittenberg is The Panorama LUTHER 1517 – a highlight of the Luther Year 2017 in Wittenberg. It is dedicated to the events that took place in Wittenberg 500 years ago, when the monk and scholar Martin Luther published his 95 Theses on the reform of the (Catholic) Church and thus set in motion a dramatic movement that had a deep impact – lasting to this day – on the history and religion of the world. To present the 360° Panorama, a rotunda able to house the

James M. Lawson, chief artist behind Reformed Christian Comic Books, regularly posts his new cartoons on his online blog, complete with explanatory text. He specialises in comics with a serious biblical message, where each accompanying line highlights some scriptures on which each drawing is based. In this case – Only Sinners / Soli Peccatori – Lawson draws attention to the truth that God saves only sinners (those who imagine that they are good enough for heaven as a result o

The Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity has released a note regarding the association of the Reformed Churches to the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ), calling the occasion an “important milestone.” "Wednesday, 5 July 2017, at Wittenberg in Germany, the place where in 1517 the Reformation began when Luther presented his ninety-five theses against Indulgences, the World Communion of Reformed Churches will join the ecumenical cons

Finally these letters, having been 'stored' in a drawer in the church office for the most part of a month, have now been applied to properly finish this Luther puzzle. His desire is shared – passionately – by us: "Out of love for the truth and the desire to make it plain"!

Obadiah Sedgwick, a member of the Westminster Assembly of Divines and minister of God’s Word at Coggleshall, Essex, (then at St. Paul's, Covent Garden, London), produced a series of messages that tackled the believer's battle with doubts and fears. This book was called, 'A Puritan Treatise on Assurance,' and outlines the nature, kinds, springs and also the remedies for those doubts that affect a believer's walk with God. He deals with 14 'springs of doubting' and then proceed

In explaining the difference between the law and the gospel, Martin Luther stated: "Now the first sermon (10 commandments), and doctrine, is the law of God. The second is the gospel. These two sermons are not the same. Therefore we must have a good grasp of the matter in order to know how to differentiate between them. We must know what the law is, and what the gospel is. The law commands and requires us to do certain things. The law is thus directed solely to our behaviour a