The Goal of the Reformation
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 31 October 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
On October 31, 1517, a German monk nailed his 95 Theses to the Castle Church door in Wittenberg, changing the world forever. In today's special edition, hear a discussion that R.C. Sproul shared with Chris Larson and Lee Webb about Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation.
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| 0:00.0 | Reformation is needed in almost every day. |
| 0:04.0 | If Paul, within years of founding the Corinthian congregation, |
| 0:09.0 | needs to see them reformed, we can't be surprised that churches need reforming regularly in history of the church. |
| 0:15.0 | Sometimes that reform is more in the nature of a revitalization, |
| 0:20.0 | but I think people have, especially in America, been too content to be satisfied with entertainment and with shallowness. |
| 0:27.0 | And we need a seriousness about God, about Christ, and about His Word, |
| 0:32.0 | and I think to be drawn again to a passionate interest in the Word is going to take a major reformation of the church today. |
| 0:40.0 | My hope is that this series will serve the church by causing people to reflect on what the church ought to be according to the Word of God. |
| 0:49.0 | The necessity of reforming the church, a teaching series with W. Robert Godfrey. Visit liganyear.org slash teaching series to learn more. |
| 1:00.0 | Next on the Reformation Day edition of renewing your mind. |
| 1:05.0 | I would say that the theological issues that prompted the 16th century reformation are as great as they ever were. |
| 1:14.0 | But also, the task of reformation is never over as far as the calling of the church to the purity of the gospel and to awakening of the people. |
| 1:32.0 | October 31st, 1517. |
| 1:35.0 | The day in Augustinian Monk named Martin Luther, nailed his 95 theses to the castle church door at Fittenburg. |
| 1:43.0 | Luther's bold act touched off what would become the most important period in church history since Pentecost. |
| 1:49.0 | A day we continue to celebrate more than five centuries later. |
| 1:53.0 | Today we're going back to an interview I had the privilege of doing five years ago with RC Sproul and liganyear president Chris Larson. |
| 2:01.0 | I began by asking RC to imagine what must have been going through Luther's mind as he approached the castle church that day. |
| 2:09.0 | Well, I can only guess it's not that I'm unfamiliar with the man and his slut. |
| 2:16.0 | But what Luther wanted was a theological colloquy meeting with his comrades in the faculty at Fittenburg University on the academic question surrounding the pastoral issue of the sale of indulgences that had been authorized for the church. |
| 2:32.0 | The building of St. Peter's Basilica had been farmed out to several people who were involved as legates from Rome. |
| 2:47.0 | And Tetzel, of course, was involved in this business. |
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