Reformation Series: The Dark Side of the Reformation

There were atrocities committed on the Catholic and Protestant sides of this issue. The atrocities of the papacy are often pointed out by Protestants, but Luther himself approved of the squashing of a German peasant uprising that resulted in 100,000 deaths. Calvin and Knox were particularly fond of seeing “heretics” burned at the stake, although […]

Reformation Series: Martin Luther & the Flames of Reformation

During October 2017, we will be celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with a series of discussions on the impact of Martin Luther on church history. In this first episode in the Reformation series, we discuss some background on Martin Luther and many of the issues that he had with the Roman Catholic Church […]