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Church Decline in Context
Church Decline in Context The church was never static and eternal. Theology changes at it seeks answers on how to understand God’s will and how to live a life worth living. And the concepts the church generates and the ideas that drive its practice differ widely depending on the challenges time and context. At the moment the church experiences significant change. It struggles with decline in church attendance and the relevance of its theology in a more and more secular…
My New Year’s Resolution
My New Year’s Resolution No more New Years’s Resolutions. Change happens when it’s necessary or it won’t happen. New Year or not does not matter. on the move… Pastor’s Vlog Please check out our video ministry 1517 Grace Guerrilla https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv2aB-i9zHPqgh3NjUJ5-lg Please like and share the video and subscribe to our channel.
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…
The True Meaning of Christmas
The True Meaning of Christmas Christmas is a very special time. The birth of Christ is a High Holiday of the church year, but it is also a celebration of love and family with presents, Christmas trees, good food and many very precious memories. Voices of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Port Angeles WA share their take on Christmas. 2017 Christmas Season: Christmas Eve Family Service 9:30 AM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 8:00 PM Special Christmas Music 7:30 PM Regular…
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…
Luther burns all bridges – The three shocking books of 1520
Luther burns all bridges – The three shocking books of 1520 Martin Luther writes three of is most influential books in the year 1520. To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation The Babylonian Captivity of the Church The Freedom of a Christian These writings are nothing less than a slaughterhouse for holy cows and the pope and his bishops feel like having a stroke. After the publication of these book even optimists know that there will be no reconciliation…
Sola Scriptura
Sola Scriptura One of the main challenges Martin Luther and the Reformers faced was the question where does the authority to teach the Christian faith come from? For them this authority did not lie in the offices of the pope and the bishops or in the church as an divinely ordained institution. Both had failed. Both participated in the gigantic scam of selling salvation through the issue of indulgences. The answer was Sola Scriptura. Scripture alone. The authority to teach…
Reformation History: Martin Luther drops the H-Bomb!
Reformation History: Martin Luther drops the H-Bomb! In January 1519 the papal nuncio Karl von Miltiz is almost able to broker a deal between the church and Martin Luther. Luther does not have to recant, but he does not recant in silence and writes nice things about the pope. That could have been the end of the Reformation, but Roman Catholic theologian John Eck doesn’t want silence. He challenges Luther’s co-reformer Andreas Karlstadt and Martin Luther to a debate. This…
Martin Luther and the Jews
Martin Luther and the Jews Martin Luther is a hero who comes with baggage. He is one of the most influential theologians of world history. His ideas kicked off the Reformation and he took on the pope and the medieval church and he lived to tell the tale. But he has also a dark side. Especially in his writings about the Jews he decends into the netherworld of hate and injustice. Christians have always been puzzled by the fact that…
St Peter’s Basilica, the building that helped to split the medieval church.
St Peter’s Basilica, the building that helped to split the medieval church. The church of all churches is St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. It is the largest church in the world, a cultural heritage site like no other, but it came with a huge price tag. One of the ingenious ways to finance that building and its exquisite art was the sale of indulgences. Indulgences are an official church document that forgives sins for a fee. The sale of…
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