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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.
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 [...]