Martin Luther was ready to die for what he believed in, even though his convictions ran contrary

to tradition in his day. Here's Dr. Erwin Lutzer.

He's on his way home, and men jump out of the ditch, they overpower him, and they capture

him, and they hide him in the Warkberg Castle. These men were his friends.

We'll hear why his friends did this today on the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss

Woglemouth.

She's the author of A Place of Quiet Rest.

It's Thursday, October 26, 2017.

Well, we're continuing our telling of the story of the Protestant Reformation as we celebrate

the 500th anniversary of one of the most significant events in Western history.

We talked in the last program about Martin Luther, the monk who was seeking for relief

and from his burden of guilt and sin. It kind of reminds me, Dr. Luther of Pilgrim, Christian in Pilgrim's

Progress and how he carried that weight of sin and was so burdened for how he could get to the

celestial city, but he couldn't do it with

that weight. And then he got to the cross. And that's where he believed in Christ, and that burden

rolled off. And then he was able to start that journey, knowing that he would end up in the celestial

city. And that's been your experience and mine, if we are children of God, we have experienced the saving

grace, the liberating power of the gospel. Sometimes we just forget how wonderful it is. And I hope

you're being reminded in this series. Well, Dr. Luther, Dr. Irwin Lutzer, has been our guest in this series,

and he and Rebecca have been longtime friends of mine and encouragers in this ministry.

When we got started into Revive Our Hearts, they were among the first to come and just say, how can we encourage?

Remember, Dr. Lutzer, you took me aside years ago and said, let me help you with how you can do this daily radio thing and how to

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