Welcome back to the podcast.

Tomorrow marks the 506th celebration of a Reformation day commemorating October 31st when Martin Luther

fearlessly published his 95th ECs, mailed one copy to the Archbishop and then posted another

copy on a prominent church door for everyone to read.

And whether it was dramatically nailed to that door with a hammer or more likely glued

to the door with a paste brush, Luther's documents set in motion a wave of Reformation that

we honor half a millennium later.

But given how much time has the lapse since this event, we can find ourselves questioning

what exactly we're celebrating each year, is it the profound recovery of the truth of

justification by faith alone and Christ alone?

Is it the liberation of the Bible into the language of the people?

Is it the end of indulgences, the rejection of people authority, the dismantling of the

priest class as mediators between God and man?

Or perhaps is it all of these things all combined, Pastor John, as you honor the enduring

legacy of the Reformation?

What's your primary cause for celebration?

Let me fudge on the word primarily.

I'd like to replace it with five other words, but I couldn't think of five other words,

but I did think of five other questions.

I just couldn't think of words to go with them.

I thought of two, but I gave up on five words.

So I'm going to replace your question with five, but I will at the end, I think answer

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