by Rev. Derek Roberts | Lutheran
Martin Luther’s preaching and various writings sparked not only reforms within the church, but new ideas in art, music, science, politics, education, and family life that lasted well beyond the middle ages. “Scripture was made more readily available by Luther’s...
by Rev. Derek Roberts | Lutheran
Many people believe Martin Luther, the father of the Reformation, was a rabble-rouser, a rebel in the Catholic church who pushed for its split, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. “It’s a common misconception that Martin Luther sought to be the founder of a...
by Rev. Derek Roberts | Lutheran
In a lecture ca.1516, Luther said, “The earth is full to overflowing with all manner of filth and teaching: the people are loaded down with…laws, so many opinions…so many superstitions, that the Word of Truth is hardly audible…For everything rests on...
by Rev. Derek Roberts | Lutheran
500 years ago, a young monk from a small town of Eisleben, Germany presented 95 Theses that set in motion reforms in the church and world. His name was Martin Luther. Initially, Luther desired to correct some abuses within the Roman Catholic Church concerning...
by Rev. Derek Roberts | Standing Up for Life
A speech delivered for Blount County Right to Life, January 12, 2016. Watch or read text below. Late one evening, at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, two Marines, Private First Class Louden Downey and Lance Corporal Harold Dawson are arrested for...