Kirk E. MillerWhat is the Protestant Reformation, and why does it matter? Joel Beeke joins Kirk E. Miller to talk about the Reformation: Who were the Protestants, and why did they seek to reform the church? Kirk and Beeke explore the reason for the Reformation...
R. Scott ClarkBy most accounts, the Reformation began when a young monk challenged ecclesiastical and academic authorities to debate a controversial practice that had developed in the late-medieval period. Why do we continue to remember it roughly five hundred...
Steven WedgeworthThe Protestant Reformation marked an explosive turning point in church history, as it recovered and proclaimed the gospel of saving grace. Its message was that God justifies men in his sight by faith alone. To be saved, a person must place their...
Matthew EverhardIt might seem strange—and even boring—to name a Christian denomination after a system of church government, but that is exactly what we have in Presbyterianism. Besides, the Episcopalians have done the same thing! As a matter of fact, setting...
Michael HortonEvangelicals have long contributed highly-respected works to biblical scholarship. Evangelicals have also earned considerable respect in the philosophical guild. Much of this labor has been spent on apologetics, which has raised the bar on Christian...
Matthew StanleyBy the numbers, Christianity has been a predominantly Catholic and European religion for over a millennium, but the future of Christianity has come to look increasingly Protestant and African. The Center for the Study of Global Christianity...
Logos StaffOctober 31 marks a momentous day in Church history—its 504th anniversary, to be exact. Though eclipsed by other holidays, Reformation Day deserves an observance. How much do you know about it? Whether you know a little or a lot, here are three...
You know about Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Ulrich Zwingli. You may even know about Thomas Cranmer and John Knox. . . . But what do you know about the forerunners of the Protestant Reformation? Learn how one pre-Reformer set the stage for Martin...
Jennifer Powell McNuttOne cannot explore the emergence of the Protestant Reformation without talking about the contribution of Renaissance humanism—what I like to call “the tie that binds.” As one scholar declared famously, “No humanism, no Reformation.” Today...
Daniel MotleyThis post is an interview with Dr. Matthew Barrett, general editor of Reformation Theology: A Systematic Summary. This month is the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. What did the Reformers believe was at stake in their efforts to reform the...
Jesse MyersEdited by Richard Muller, author of the magisterial Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics, the Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought series engages original texts in Reformed history with care and precision, bringing to light...
“Lord Jesus, it is for thee that I patiently endure this cruel death. I pray thee to have mercy on my enemies.”—The last words attributed to John Huss At the end of the fourteenth century, John Wycliffe’s influence was beginning to...