Anglicanism: Its Past and Promise - Tory Baucum
Anglicanism: Its Past and Promise
by The Rev. Dr. Tory Baucum
January 15, 2011
Luther was once asked how he started the Reformation. In his characteristic florid style, Luther replied, "I did not start the reformation. All I did was preach the word of God and drink beer. The Word of God did the reforming."
Similarly, Dr. Otto Piper of Princeton Seminary once admonished his students in this way:
We make a mistake when we think that Luther and Calvin produced the Reformation. What produced the Reformation was that Luther studied the Word of God. And as he studied it, it began to explode in him. And when it began to explode inside him he did not know any better than to let it loose on Germany. The same was true of Calvin.
The tragedy of the Reformation was that when Luther and Calvin died, Melanchthon and Beza edited their works. And so all the Lutherans began to read the Bible to find Luther and all the Calvinists read the Bible to find Calvin. And the great corruption was on its way. Do you know there is enough undiscovered truth in the Bible to produce a Reformation and evangelical Awakening in every generation, if we only expose ourselves to it until it explodes in us and we let it loose?
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
by The Rev. Dr. Tory Baucum
January 15, 2011
Luther was once asked how he started the Reformation. In his characteristic florid style, Luther replied, "I did not start the reformation. All I did was preach the word of God and drink beer. The Word of God did the reforming."
Similarly, Dr. Otto Piper of Princeton Seminary once admonished his students in this way:
We make a mistake when we think that Luther and Calvin produced the Reformation. What produced the Reformation was that Luther studied the Word of God. And as he studied it, it began to explode in him. And when it began to explode inside him he did not know any better than to let it loose on Germany. The same was true of Calvin.
The tragedy of the Reformation was that when Luther and Calvin died, Melanchthon and Beza edited their works. And so all the Lutherans began to read the Bible to find Luther and all the Calvinists read the Bible to find Calvin. And the great corruption was on its way. Do you know there is enough undiscovered truth in the Bible to produce a Reformation and evangelical Awakening in every generation, if we only expose ourselves to it until it explodes in us and we let it loose?
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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