Always Reforming

The 500th Anniversary of the Reformation

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This is Who We Are

The Reformation is still about Jesus

教会一直在改革，不是因为神改变了，也不是因为真理改变了. 不，它总是在改革，因为教会是由人组成的. Every one of them sinful. 他们每个人都试图忽视神的话语，或者用自己的想法来代替神的真理. It is easy for Christians, and for churches, 变得困惑，远离神的话语和旨意.

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Reformation 500: An Evening of Word & Song

Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Segerstrom Concert Hall, Costa Mesa, CA

rensame和Henry Segerstrom音乐厅充满了音乐, song, 以及在千载难逢的宗教改革500周年庆典上的演讲. More than 500 musicians, speakers, and dancers joined the sell-out crowd of over 2,这是西海岸最大的宗教改革庆典.

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The Story of the Reformation

Why the 95 theses of Martin Luther matter today

Late in 1517, 马丁·路德是一位名不见经传的修道士，也是德国维滕贝格一所新大学的教授, a minor town on the outskirts of the Holy Roman Empire. 尽管他之前曾反对非圣经的教义, he was virtually invisible to the powers in Rome.

隐形，直到他卷入了放纵的争议. 教皇法庭参与了一项精心策划的财政计划，通过出售赎罪券——教皇赦免罪行的证书——来帮助资助重建圣. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. When Luther heard of these sales in a neighboring area, he wrote 95 theses for academic disputation, condemning the sale of indulgences. When, on October 31st of that year, 他把论文钉在了维滕贝格城堡教堂的门上, they were soon copied and widely dispersed. 突然间，路德成为了教皇法庭的众矢之的.

在路德的时代，许多著名的声音都批评了腐败的教皇, but Luther’s message was different. 他不仅呼吁道德改革，而且呼吁神学改革. 赎罪券的出售仅仅是背离圣经教导的一种症状，比如唯独因信称义, through grace alone, for the sake of Christ alone. 路德很快被逐出教会，他的教义也被禁止.

He was not easily silenced, however. He preached, taught, and wrote prolifically, 一直渴望母教会合一地回归她的宗徒根源. There appeared to be an opportunity in 1530, 当时皇帝查理五世在奥格斯堡召集了一次帝国领导人会议. 其目标是治愈从内部困扰帝国的宗教分歧, while the Turks were a threat from without. 路德宗在《亚洲体育博彩平台》中提出了一个健全而令人愉快的例子, 但教皇派对他们的教义态度强硬. Religion would remain a dividing factor in the Empire, and Luther’s reform would remain a reformation, 即使在今天，这种制度上的分歧仍然是教会的标志.

康考迪亚大学欧文分校“以基督耶稣的大使命和路德教的信条为指导.我们欢喜基督为众人而来(约翰福音1:29)，我们因信他而蒙恩得救. Confident in the Gospel, we welcome students from a wide variety of backgrounds, as we pray and work for the unity of the Church, which is redeemed by Christ and always reforming.

- rpd

Dig deeper. Learn more about the Luther Seal and how it summarizes the gospel. It’s still all about Jesus.

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