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EASTER between Resurrection and Jelly Beans.
EASTER between Resurrection and Jelly Beans. Easter is the major festival in the church year. It is the foundation of our hope of new life Jesus Christ. Human hubris tried to silence the voice of God in Christ, but God’s voice cannot be silenced. God always draws near God’s people to bestow God’s free gift of Grace on them. As you journey with Jesus through Holy Week, through suffering, death and resurrection always remember that God loves you, no matter…
Messy Church: Jesus Calms the Storm
Jesus Calms the Storm Messy Church is a Christ-centered event for families of all shapes and sizes. Meal is included. This Messy Church focuses on a story in Mark 4:35-41: Jesus Calms the Storm. Jesus and his friends and students cross the lake on a boat. A huge storm comes up, and all are very afraid. But Jesus says: Peace! Be Still! He calms the storm and his disciples are in great awe. Next Messy Church: JAN 24, 2018, 5:00pm…
Here I stand I can do no other.
Here I stand I can do no other. “Hier stehe ich und kann nicht anders,” said Martin Luther at the diet of Worms in 1521. “Here I stand I can do no other.” Luther has caused quite an uproar in the empire with his rebellious writings. The foundations of the status quo started to crack everywhere as sedition and rebellion festered throughout the empire. Revolt was in the air. Seditious princes smelled delicious opportunities to advance themselves by backing the…
Reformation History: Charles V
Reformation History: Emperor Charles V plunders America, fights the Turks and Martin Luther Charles, the V, became emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1519. That was shortly after Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg. Charles is not just the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, but also the King of Castile and Leon, King of Aragon and Sicily, King of Naples, King of the Romans, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant Limburg,…
Papal Bull against German Boar
Papal Bull against German Boar A papal bull is not a special farm animal intended to provide a good meal for the pontiff. A papal bull is an official decree of the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. It is named after the seal – the bulla – that authenticates it. Exsurge Domine is one of the papal bulls the world still chews on. It was issued by pope Leo X and promulgated in June 15, 1520. It is all…
The Reformation Is The Perfect Storm That Sweeps Away The Middle Ages
The Reformation Is The Perfect Storm That Sweeps Away The Middle Ages The emerging Reformation hits a world that already experience profound change. Europeans discover and start to plunder the Americas. The Ottoman Turks storm the northern shore of the Mediterranean and threaten Western Europe. Warfare changes from swords to guns, cities rise, nobles decline and the new empires are on the horizon. The theological insights of the reformation are the straw that break the Camels back and Germany descends…
Did God Kill Jesus? Searching For Love in History’s Most Famous Execution
Did God Kill Jesus? TonyJones’ book, Did God Kill Jesus, is not a controversial book, even though the title might raise an eyebrow. Jones does an excellent job in making a sticky topic approachable for Christians. The question that many have wondered in their hearts, “Did Jesus really have to die?” Tony Jones is NOT a firebrand but a helpful mentor of the faithful. His excellent review of the history of how and why we think as we do is an…
Purgatory
Purgatory Purgatory is the little brother of hell and a washing machine for sins. Hot, scary and completely absent in bible. The “Reformation Factoids” are a weekly video series to commemorate 500 Years of Reformation. We will publish a new video every Wednesday on our website www.go2trinity.org , on Facebook and on our YouTube channel 1517GraceGuerrilla. Please LIKE and SHARE! And click here to SUBSCRIBE to our Youtube channel.
The Pope
The Pope Imagine someone on the papal throne who is not even a priest when they elected him. But what can you do? He is a Medici, and he wants to enjoy the papacy,and he needs money to do it. The popes of today are from a different caliber than the pope old Martin Luther had to deal with. The “Reformation Factoids” are a weekly video series to commemorate 500 Years of Reformation. We will publish a new video every…
Martin Luther’s Roman Holiday
Martin Luther has a hard bite from the reality Sandwich. His order sends him to Rome, and he experiences the real existing sinfulness of the church. The “Reformation Factoids” are a weekly video series to commemorate 500 Years of Reformation. We will publish a new video every Wednesday on our website www.go2trinity.org , on Facebook and on our YouTube channel 1517GraceGuerrilla. Please LIKE and SHARE! Please SUBSCRIBE to our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv2aB-i9zHPqgh3NjUJ5-lg www.go2trinity.org