Rescuing the Gospel: The Story and Significance of the Reformation

Rescuing the Gospel: The Story and Significance of the Reformation

by Erwin W. Lutzer
Rescuing the Gospel: The Story and Significance of the Reformation

Rescuing the Gospel: The Story and Significance of the Reformation

by Erwin W. Lutzer

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Overview

The Riveting Story of the Reformation and Its Significance Today

The Reformation unfolded in the cathedrals and town squares of Europe—in Wittenberg, Worms, Rome, Geneva, and Zurich—and it is a stirring story of courage and cowardice, of betrayal and faith.

The story begins with the Catholic Church and its desperate need for reform. The dramatic events that followed are traced from John Wycliffe in England, to the burning of John Hus at the stake in Prague, to the rampant sale of indulgences in the cities and towns of Germany, to Martin Luther nailing the Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Castle Church in 1517, to John Calvin's reform of Geneva.

Erwin Lutzer captures the people, places, and big ideas that fueled the Reformation and explains its lasting influence on the church and Western Civilization.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493401604
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 05/03/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 28 MB
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About the Author

Erwin W. Lutzer (BTh, Winnipeg Bible College; ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary) is pastor emeritus of Moody Church in Chicago. He has led tours to the sites of the Reformation in Europe including Wittenberg, Worms, Geneva, and Zurich. He is the ECPA Gold Medallion Award-winning author of Hitler's Cross as well as many other books, including The King Is Coming, and When a Nation Forgets God. He is the featured speaker on three radio programs, including Running to Win. Lutzer and his wife, Rebecca, live in the Chicago area.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xii

Introduction: Join Me on a Journey xiii

1 Power, Scandals, and Corruption 1

2 A Morning Star and a Goose and Swan 7

3 The Wittenberg Door 22

4 Who Was Martin Luther? 32

5 The Great Discovery 42

6 The Dominoes Begin to Fall 55

7 The Wild Boar in the Vineyard of the Lord 67

8 Here I Stand 76

9 We Are Protestants Now 91

10 Disputes, Disunity, and Destiny 103

11 Luther and the Bible 118

12 Luther, Katie, Children, and Death 129

13 Zwingli: Reforming Zurich 142

14 The Anabaptists: Promise and Persecution 152

15 Calvin: Reforming Geneva 162

16 Calvinism's Lasting Influence 174

17 Is the Reformation Over? 187

Notes 201

Image Credits 206

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