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Feb 9, 2017

Messy Marvelous Marriages

Good God, what a lot of trouble there is in marriage! Adam has made a mess of our nature. Think of all the squabbles Adam and Eve must have had in the course of their nine hundred years. Eve would say, “You ate the apple,” and Adam would retort, “You gave it to me.” —Martin Luther (as quoted by Roland Bainton in "Here I Stand")

Katharine von Bora • marriage • Martin Luther

Feb 7, 2017

Who keeps Christian History in business? YOU!

Christian History is supported by readers just like you--and we are very grateful

Christian History Magazine • Christian History Institute

Feb 2, 2017

Insist on Gospel basics

"For although we cannot and should not force anyone to believe, yet we should insist and urge the people that they know what is right and wrong." —Martin Luther

Martin Luther • Gospel • Bible

Jan 26, 2017

It’s a Man’s Prerogative to Change His Mind

Men cannot do without women. Even if it were possible for men to beget and bear children, they still could not do without women.—Martin Luther

men and women

Jan 24, 2017

Old evangelicals and "New Methodists"

A review of Wesley and the Anglicans by Ryan Danker

John Wesley • 18th Century • evangelicalism • Charles Wesley • Methodism

Jan 19, 2017

Lies about relics

"What lies there are about relics! One claims to have a feather from the wing of the angel Gabriel, and the Bishop of Mainz has a flame from Moses’ burning bush. And how does it happen that eighteen apostles are buried in Germany when Christ had only twelve?"—Martin Luther

relics

Jan 12, 2017

Did they really say that?

"The truth might fare better at a lower temperature" -- attributed to Philipp Melanchthon

Philipp Melanchthon • Martin Luther • Deitrich Bonhoeffer • quotations

Jan 5, 2017

What Sola Scriptura Doesn’t Mean

“If you can show me a single instance of infant baptism in the Bible, I am defeated. Anabaptist doctrine is therefore not new, but derives from Christ.”—Balthasar Hubmaier, Anabaptist reformer

Dec 30, 2016

Reformation stories for 2017

For the 2017 centenary of the Reformation, we highlight our pre-Reformation, Reformation, and counter-Reformation stories.

reformation • protestant • Protestant Reformation • protestantism

Dec 29, 2016

Great change is normal

“By identifying the new learning with heresy, you make orthodoxy synonymous with ignorance.”—Erasmus