Reformation Celebration!

  Every year in October, New Covenant Church sponsors a theme study based on the principle of ecclesia semper reformans, semper reformanda – that the Church always be Reformed and always be reforming – always calling itself and the world back to the touchstone of truth, the Word of God.  Therefore, we do not focus merely on 17th century European history every year, but focus, instead, on ways in which the Chruch of Christ needs to be reminded and challenged to return to its Reformation heritage and theology and to project that into the world.

Subjects studied in previous years: The Inerrancy of the Bible, The Virgin Birth of Christ, Christ’s Authentic Miracles, Christ’s Substitutionary Atonement, The Truth, Power, Glory, Hope and Promise of the Resurrection

YearDescriptionAudioVideoAdditional Material
Reformation, 2017 – 500 Years – 2017 – Martin Luther – Reformation Answers to Medieval Questions“By Whose Authority”https://ephesians515.com/MP3/Sermons/Ref_Cel/17/01Authority.mp3
Luther’s Use of the Mediahttps://ephesians515.com/MP3/Church%20History/Reformation/2017/Lectures/01Media.mp3PowerPoint Presentation
95 Theses   
Disputation Against  
Scholastic Theology
“How is One to be Forgiven” https://ephesians515.com/MP3/Sermons/Ref_Cel/17/02Forgiven.mp3
The Marburg Colloquy (Mr. Kurt Scharping)https://ephesians515.com/MP3/Church%20History/Reformation/2017/Lectures/02Marburg.mp3Handout
“What Must I Do to be Saved?” https://ephesians515.com/MP3/Sermons/Ref_Cel/17/03Saved.mp3
“That Dear, Brave Woman!”https://ephesians515.com/MP3/Church%20History/Reformation/2017/Lectures/03Kate.mp3PowerPoint Presentation Handout
“What is a true Holy Life?”https://ephesians515.com/MP3/Sermons/Ref_Cel/17/04HolyLife.mp3
“How Do I Understand the Mysteries?”https://ephesians515.com/MP3/Sermons/Ref_Cel/17/05Mysteries.mp3
Was Luther Anti-Semitic?https://ephesians515.com/MP3/Church%20History/Reformation/2017/Lectures/04Semitic.mp3PowerPoint Presentation
“Who is Doing the Worshipping?”  https://ephesians515.com/MP3/Sermons/Ref_Cel/17/06WorshipMusic.mp3
How Music Affects Worshiphttps://ephesians515.com/MP3/Church%20History/Reformation/2017/Lectures/05Music.mp3.mp3PowerPoint Presentation
A Pictorial Tour of Luther’s Lifehttps://ephesians515.com/MP3/Church%20History/Reformation/2017/Lectures/Luther%20Tour.mp3PowerPoint Presentation
2018 – John Calvin – A Gospel Burning the Soul, A Mind Changing the WorldThe Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Manhttps://ephesians515.com/MP3/Sermons/Ref_Cel/18/2018-10-07_FatherhoodBrotherhood.mp3
Calvin, The Influencehttps://ephesians515.com/MP3/Church%20History/Reformation/2018/Lectures/01_Calvin,%20the%20Influence.mp3Printable Handout
The God-Breathed Scriptures https://ephesians515.com/MP3/Sermons/Ref_Cel/18/2018-10-14_Scriptures.mp3
Calvin, The Enigmahttps://ephesians515.com/MP3/Church%20History/Reformation/2018/Lectures/02_Calvin,%20the%20Inigma.mp3Printable Handout
Catastrophism vs.   Uniformity in Manhttps://ephesians515.com/MP3/Sermons/Ref_Cel/18/2018-10-21_Catastrophism.mp3
Calvin, Pastor, Professor & Theologianhttps://ephesians515.com/MP3/Church%20History/Reformation/2018/Lectures/03_Calvin,%20Pastor,%20Professor,%20Theologian.mp3Printable Handout
The Gifts of Law & Grace  https://ephesians515.com/MP3/Sermons/Ref_Cel/18/2018-10-28_LawGrace.mp3
Calvin & Worshiphttps://ephesians515.com/MP3/Church%20History/Reformation/2018/Lectures/04_Calvin%20and%20Worship.mp3Printable Handout
Life with the Holy Spirithttps://ephesians515.com/MP3/Sermons/Ref_Cel/18/2018-11-04_HolySpirit.mp3
Calvin, Integrity  & Reputationhttps://ephesians515.com/MP3/Church%20History/Reformation/2018/Lectures/05_Calvin-IntegrityReputation.mp3Printable Handout
Such a Divine Providence: From Calvin to Calvinismhttps://ephesians515.com/MP3/Sermons/Ref_Cel/18/2018-11-11_Providence.mp3
The Church & the State https://ephesians515.com/MP3/Sermons/Ref_Cel/18/2018-11-18_ChurchState.mp3.mp3
2019 – John Knox – The Revolutionary ReformerThat Idolatrous Mass!https://ephesians515.com/MP3/Sermons/Ref_Cel/19/2019-10-06_ThatIdolatrousMass.mp3
The Times of John Knoxhttps://ephesians515.com/MP3/Church%20History/Reformation/2019/Lectures/The%20Times%20of%20John%20Knox.mp3PowerPoint Presentation –  Printable Handout
2020 – Scotland’s Second ReformationThe Documents of the Reformationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8a7vi5KFzM&t=979s
Charles II and “the Killing Times”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32OhZgHYLJ8&t=29s
American Covenantinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v33xnDRbTnU&t=460s
The American Covenanters of Ohio and the Underground Railroadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHahKY4EZA&t=237s
 2021 – The Puritans
Introduction to Puritanism – a Christian Education Class
        The American Puritans – October lecture series		A Necessary Overview of New World Colonization: “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” … but not the Myth!https://ephesians515.com/MP4/Reform%20Celeb/23/Recovered%20Presentation,%2023%20b.mp4
“The New England Way”https://youtu.be/Bf9cutFwj_c
Spiritual Warfarehttps://youtu.be/X2rm1I9yCU4
Puritans and Educationhttps://youtu.be/6wtwNxn_Bgg
A Heart for the Indigenous Peopleshttps://youtu.be/B8yT49iZhL4
The Great Awakeninghttps://youtu.be/HpFfHK_7HAk
2022 – John Witherspoon“Infidelity Reduced to a System”https://youtu.be/-rVl9iNV5do
The Scothttps://youtu.be/MeOnuAQUFRo
Click to download: Excerpts from Ecclesiastical Characteristics, 1753
The Americanhttps://youtu.be/5G5gtfehdNs
The Patriothttps://youtu.be/apv_qXnXO3M
2023 – William WilberforceReview: The Historical Background of Slavery (from 2021)https://ephesians515.com/MP4/Reform%20Celeb/23/Recovered%20Presentation,%2023%20b.mp4
The Gin Agehttps://youtu.be/_4FP_To4pac
The Great Changehttps://youtu.be/bO3iJqCB9LY?list=PLA64NWTdxKo1a-gohAk2QyZh1r6uN4X-r
The First Great Object: The Slave Tradehttps://youtu.be/61Bsms01u0Q
The Second Great Object: The Reformation of Mannershttps://youtu.be/WEbbfJGQZ8s

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