Today, on renewing your mind, the lightning bolt that changed the world forever.

In the middle of the day, there arose a sudden thunderstorm of great ferocity.

And as Luther was walking, suddenly a lightning bolt struck the ground just a few feet from where he was standing, in fact, so close to him

that it knocked him on the ground.

There are events that stand out in history because of the way they change the course of the world.

In more recent decades, you might think of 9-11 or COVID-19.

And the same is true for church history.

And one of those moments involved Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation that would follow,

when Luther, on October 31st, 1517,

nailed his 95 Theses on a church door in Wittenberg, Germany. But maybe, just maybe,

it wasn't the hammering of a nail that led to the Reformation. Instead, a bolt of lightning. If this is new to you, or you've

never heard a detailed discussion of Martin Luther's life, and what he stood for,

that's what R.C. Sprole will help us understand this week as we approach Reformation Day on Friday.

And to help you with your study, this week's resource package includes two teaching series,

two study guides, and a hardcover volume on Luther.

You can learn more and request yours when you give a donation at Renewing Your Mind.org.

But I'll tell you more about that at the end of today's message.

Well, here's Dr. Sprawl on Martin Luther and that bolt of lightning.

In the modern city of Geneva, Switzerland, there is a section above the city that is called the old city of Geneva.

And in the center of that section is a very large walking park next to the university,

and the main feature of that park is a giant wall of marble, which is called the Reformation Wall. And the Reformation Wall,

and right in the immediate vicinity of it, features several statues and other imprints in the

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