Heritage of Great Evangelical Teaching
Overview
The books they've written have changed the landscape of the Christian mind. They have consistently been on recommended reading lists for spiritual seekers of all ages. Now the best from their classic works has been brought together in one volume. Material has been selected and edited for easy understanding, helping you grasp the key points these influential leaders have to offer. Pastors, speakers, and teachers will treasure this time-saving treasury of illustrations, insights, and practical wisdom. Includes introductions to each author, timelines showing a parallel of world events in the times they lived, and suggestions for further reading.
Top Highlights
“Luther became distressed at the selling of indulgences by the pope, so in 1517 he nailed his ‘Ninety-five Theses’ to the door of the Wittenberg church. This noncombative act was the acceptable means for seeking a public discussion on the issues in dispute. The conflicts that resulted eventually led Luther to see the Bible, not the pope, as the sole authority over man. Later he became a true Christian, and from there his relationship with the Catholic church became so strained that he was excommunicated. This separation led to greater conflict, and Luther became the recognized leader of what became the Reformation. Luther’s outspokenness signaled the beginning of a new movement—Protestantism—and a new period in history—the Reformation.” (source)
“‘There is therefore now no condemnation to’ these. There is no condemnation to them from God; for he hath justified them ‘freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus.’ He hath forgiven all their iniquities, and blotted out all their sins. And there is no condemnation to them from within; for they ‘have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that they might know the things which are freely given to them of God,’” (source)
“Martin Luther stands as possibly the most influential figure since Jesus Christ. One historian has stated that no other man in history apart from Christ has had more written about him and his thought than Martin Luther.” (source)
“It is a nickname to call it Calvinism; Calvinism is the gospel, and nothing else. I do not believe we can preach the gospel, if we do not preach justification by faith, without works; nor unless we preach the sovereignty of God in His dispensation of grace; nor unless we exalt the electing, unchangeable, eternal, immutable, conquering love of Jehovah; nor do I think we can preach the gospel, unless we base it upon the special and particular redemption of His elect and chosen people which Christ wrought out upon the cross; nor can I comprehend a gospel which lets saints fall away after they are called, and suffers the children of God to be burned in the fires of damnation after having once believed in Jesus. Such a gospel I abhor.” (source)
- Title: Heritage of Great Evangelical Teaching
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Print Publication Date: 1997
- Logos Release Date: 2001
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Evangelicalism; Theology › Collected works
- ISBNs: 9781418502164, 1418502162
- Resource ID: LLS:42.110.21
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-04-24T22:15:37Z