October 31st is the anniversary of the date in which Martin Luther nailed his famous 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenburg in 1517. He had a list of grievances with the Roman Catholics; 95 points long. All I can say is that I know the feeling. He wanted to debate Scripture after having a personal experience with Jesus. The Pope, Purgatory and the selling of indulgences were on the list. The problems that we have in the global Protestant church are different. Mr. Luther and I have similar struggles. We see things that are very wrong with religion, and we want to fix them - or at least debate them. Because of an encounter with the living God, he began that work of changing the religious church culture. After he had apologized for his harsh tone, Luther began: Out of love for the truth and the desire to bring it to light, the following propositions will be discussed at Wittenberg, under the presidency...
Fire & Grace is a blog where I look at Kingdom dynamics a little more closely. Some call it ranting, while others find it challenging.