This week marks the 509th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the castle in Wittenberg, Germany. The rest, as they say, is history. But we should not observe history with apathy. It’s been said that if we fail to learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it.
Rather than treating it as just something that happened, we should often ask why it happened. What caused this event in history, whether the Reformation or the American Revolution or any other event? The Protestant Reformation was sparked by many issues, but the real meat of it was doctrine. And one of the most important doctrines: how are we saved? How are we made right with God?