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The Kings Mountain Herald
‘Here I stand.
I can do no other’
One name that holds a significant
place in the history of Christianity is
Martin Luther. There are many rea-
sons for Luther’s fame, but one of the
most significant ones has to do with
his response to a preacher named Jo-
hann Tetzel.
It started on All Saints’ Eve in
1517, when Luther publicly objected
to Tetzel’s act of selling indulgences.
Now indulgences were documents
prepared by the Church, which were
then bought by individuals, either for
themselves or on behalf of dead loved
ones.
These documents represented the
grace of God that was believed to be
provided through the Church for the
forgiveness for sins. In essence, Tetzel
was playing on the people’s fear by
telling them that they could buy their
way out of hell," and he poetically
promised, “Once the coin into the cof-
fer clings, a soul from purgatory heav-
enward springs!”
Martin Luther challenged this traf-
ficking in indulgences and called for a
public debate on this and many other
issues when he went to Wittenberg and
tacked his 95 the-
ses on the church
door. Those 95
theses then be-
came a call for re-
form! in| the
Church. This call
to reform led to
the questioning of
the Church’s au-
thority. For exam-
Meditation
Dr. Jeff Hensley
Pastor ple, Luther asked,
Kings Mountain “Does the Pope
Baptist Church have the authority
to sell forgive-
ness?”
From this point forth, the Reforma-
tion quickly began to unfold. It was
Just two years later, during a public de-
bate in Leipzig, that Luther announced
that “a simple layman armed with the
Scriptures” is superior to the Pope
without thém. For this belief that the
Bible is superior to Church tradition
Luther was threatened with excom-
munication.
Luther replied to that threat with
his three most important treatises:
“The Address to the Christian Nobil-
ity”, “The Babylonian Captivity of the
Church” and “On the Freedom of a
Christian”. In the first composition,
he spoke of the priesthood of the be-
liever. In the second work, he said that
the sacraments should be reduced
from seven to two (Baptism and the
Lord’s Supper), and in the third book,
. he wrote of how Christians are free
from the law (especially Church law)
but called to love to their neighbors as
themselves.
In 1521 Luther was called to an as-
sembly at Worms, Germany, so that he
might appear before Charles V, who
was the Holy Roman Emperor. Luther
arrived expecting another debate, but
he quickly discovered that it was a
trial instead, and that he was going to
be asked to recant his views.
It was at this trial that Luther spoke
those now famous words: “Unless I
can be instructed and convinced with
evidence from the Holy Scriptures...
I cannot and will not recant.” To which
he then added, “Here I stand. I can do
no other.”
I wonder how our lives might
change, if more believers were coura-
geous enough to speak as openly for
their faith as Martin Luther did. Per-
haps more of us need to follow
Luther’s example, and say with love
in our hearts: “Here I stand. I can do
no other.”
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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Sunday Cookin’ at Bynum Chapel
In celebration of Black History Month, Bynum Chapel
AME Zion Church will sponsor “Sunday Cookin” on Sun-
day, Feb. 21, from 12 noon-4 p.m., dine in or carry out.
Plates are $8 per plate and $4 for children under 12 years.
The menu will feature fried/baked chicken and pigs feet
with all the trimmings. Proceeds are earmarked for the
building fund.
Red and White Ball
The second annual Red and White Ball will be held Sat-
urday, Feb. 13, from 7 p.m. until midnight at Bynum
Chapel Family Life Center under sponsorship of Board of
Evangelism. A prize will go to the best dressed couple and
a rose for the first 25 ladies in attendance. Worship, fun,
laughs, dancing and food will be featured. Tickets are do-
nation $10 in advance and $12 at the door; proceeds bene-
fit the church.
Haiti survivor to speak Sunday
Michelle Remy, a survivor of the Haiti earthquake, will
talk about how God spared her life for a purpose at Sunday
morning worship services at 11 a.m. at Dixon Presbyterian
Church on Dixon School Road.
Remy, 36, was born of missionary parents to Haiti and.
was working on the third floor of the Port-Au-Prince Cap-
ital Bank on Jan. 12 when the 7.0 magnitude earthquake
devastated Haiti’s capital leaving staggering of numbers
dead and massive destruction.
Rev. Randy Patterson is pastor of the church.
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