I’ve often heard it argued by atheists, if you took away religion and all of the problems arising from it, you would eliminate half of the wars and murders that happened. While I disagree with the argument behind this, there are some valid points in the statement. I would amend … [Read more...]
Sometimes religion is just the excuse for the war
We all talk about the confusion and the craziness of World War 1 and how the sides chosen was confusing as all get out. Well, let me take you back about 400 years for a confusing piece of history called the Thirty Years War. We are actually coming up on the 400th anniversary of … [Read more...]
Why did Martin Luther’s protest work when the others didn’t?
Yesterday I talked about several forerunners to the Reformation. Men who laid the ground work for Martin Luther’s 95 Theses, and who said many of the same things Luther did, but they were killed or lived in hiding because of what they taught. Why was Martin Luther successful with … [Read more...]
Forerunners to the Protestant Reformation
To hear many people talk about history lessons it’s always a foregone conclusion the events will turn out the way it happened in the history books. In reality, there’s a bunch of smaller steps that you need for a particular event to take place. Take the American Revolution, it … [Read more...]
Post your own 95 Theses
This is a quick Protestant Reformation Activity you can do with your kids When Martin Luther went to nail his 95 theses on the Wittenburg door he did not do so because he was bored, or he wanted to upset the apple cart. He truly wanted to explain what he saw wrong with the … [Read more...]