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Celebrate the Reformation with Us This October · Pastor John Piper's answers

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and thank you for listening to the Askbastor John podcast.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Tony Rank back with a short special episode to
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  Speaker 1: announce an initiative at Desiring God coming up in October.
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  Speaker 1: It's a series called Here We Stand, Here We Stand,
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  Speaker 1: and to explain it, Here's Pastor John.
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  Speaker 2: Five hundred years ago, a lowly German priest walked up
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  Speaker 2: to a church door in Wittenberg and posted a document
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  Speaker 2: that altered the course of history. It has now been
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  Speaker 2: five centuries since Martin Luther stood up and confronted Roman
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  Speaker 2: Catholicism with the bright flame of the Gospel. The kindling
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  Speaker 2: had been laid for decades, and Luther's little, almost accidental
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  Speaker 2: spark soon set all of Europe ablaze. In time, this
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  Speaker 2: lowly monk proved he had what it takes to hold
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  Speaker 2: his ground against the Church and the world and under God.
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  Speaker 2: The sparks that flew from the anvil of his tongue
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  Speaker 2: lit the fires of a global reformation. In one especially
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  Speaker 2: memorable scene, he stood before the Emperor and declared, courageously,
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  Speaker 2: risking his own life, here I stand. I can do
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  Speaker 2: no other, So help me God. But Luther did not
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  Speaker 2: stand alone. The Reformation was not about one or two
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  Speaker 2: or three big names Luther, Calvin Zwingli, but about a
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  Speaker 2: massive movement of Christian conviction, boldness, and joy that cost
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  Speaker 2: many men and women their lives and scattered the seeds
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  Speaker 2: of gospel truth that are still bearing eternal fruit. In
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  Speaker 2: the twenty first century, not only was Luther surrounded by
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  Speaker 2: reformers in Germany and Switzerland, but lesser known heroes of
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  Speaker 2: the faith rose up all over Europe. Heinrich Bullinger, Hugh Latimer,
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  Speaker 2: Lady Jane Gray, Theodore Biza, Johannes Loklumpedius. Luther was the
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  Speaker 2: battering ram, but once the wall was breached, the foot
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  Speaker 2: soldiers of the Reformation could not be stopped. And here
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  Speaker 2: we stand today, five hundred years later. Luther wasn't alone then,
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  Speaker 2: and he's not alone now. We've created a series of
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  Speaker 2: thirty one short biographies, one for every day in October.
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  Speaker 2: The podcast is produced by Desiring God in partnership with
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  Speaker 2: Bethlehem College and Seminary. If you want to learn more
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  Speaker 2: about the Reformation and be inspired by Christian heroes, men
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  Speaker 2: and women, famous and almost unknown, subscribe to Here We
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  Speaker 2: Stand or visit Desiringgod dot org. Forward slash stand. Consider
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  Speaker 2: the word of the Lord in Hebrews thirteen seven. Remember
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  Speaker 2: your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God.
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  Speaker 2: Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate
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  Speaker 2: their faith.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Amen. Desiring Good dot org forward slash stand is
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  Speaker 1: the web addresser. Just go to our site desiring Good
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  Speaker 1: dot org and click on the banner at the top
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  Speaker 1: of the screen. However you get there, I hope you
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  Speaker 1: will join us in October, for here we stand