Posts Tagged “history”

Twisting Scripture and history

By | February 19, 2011

A man who can give his own meaning to Scripture can also read what he wishes into history. But that is no way to establish the authority of the church, or confute heretics. Martin Luther “The Pagan Servitude of the Church” Martin Luther: Selections, ed. John Dillenberger (Anchor, 1961), 263.

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7 reasons to appreciate history

By | September 1, 2009

History is the story of God’s past providence in the lives of people. This is true for major events: Constantine battling at Milvian Bridge, Luther protesting at Wittenberg, King James commissioning the Bible that bears his name, Whitefield going on tour in America, Revere sending out the alarm en route to Lexington, and Patton storming [...]

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What politics learned from pulpits

By | October 31, 2008

What’s the connection between political campaigns and megachurches? As this post explains, the secret to building a successful megachurch is in evangelizing people inside cultural subsets rather than imploring people to venture outside of their subset. Political machines are putting the same strategy to use. Here’s the underlying cultural dynamic at play: Neighbors witnessing to [...]

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