Good job, Jim. I'm happy you provided the mp3 link. I was so busy yesterday that I missed it, but I listened to it just now and thought you did an excellent job. Keep up the good work :-)
I think you did a good job as well. I am glad you mentioned about the Lutherans whom you won as friends and others who considered you as enemies ( I can guess of what ilk they might be, but please do not introduce them to me).
The common mistake that some Reformed folk do is to portray Luther to be a Calvinist and really, he was not.
You can let Luther be Luther, warts and all, that is the way it should be and I am happy with that. He was no Pope neither an angel, but a beggar, just like us.
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Good job, Jim. I'm happy you provided the mp3 link. I was so busy yesterday that I missed it, but I listened to it just now and thought you did an excellent job. Keep up the good work :-)
Peace,
Ray
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I think you did a good job as well. I am glad you mentioned about the Lutherans whom you won as friends and others who considered you as enemies ( I can guess of what ilk they might be, but please do not introduce them to me).
The common mistake that some Reformed folk do is to portray Luther to be a Calvinist and really, he was not.
You can let Luther be Luther, warts and all, that is the way it should be and I am happy with that. He was no Pope neither an angel, but a beggar, just like us.
LPC
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