by Neil Silverberg | Oct 23, 2017
I preached the memorial service for a dear friend this weekend. His name was Kevin, and our local church family has suffered a great loss with his passing. I was personally close to him and I miss him already. At his service, everyone who spoke basically said the same...
by Neil Silverberg | Oct 20, 2017
In a certain sense, the final Sola of the Reformation sums up all the others. It is that salvation from start to finish is for the glory of God alone. Artists like Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederick Handel alluded to it to signify that what they composed was...
by Neil Silverberg | Oct 17, 2017
The Reformers also taught and proclaimed that salvation was by grace alone. Why is this sola so important? There are several reasons, but the main one is that it distinguishes the Gospel from every other religion on the face of the earth. For the Gospel is the great...
by Neil Silverberg | Oct 13, 2017
Sola Christus was another one of the Solas of the Reformation. This reminds the faithful that Christ’s works alone accomplished human redemption. Only by his cross work, his resurrection and ascension were it possible for human sin to be forgiven. Luther, in comparing...
by Neil Silverberg | Oct 10, 2017
“For by grace are you saved, through faith.” Ephesians 2:8 While Sola Scriptura (Scripture alone) was arguably the most important of the Solas of the Reformation, Sola Fide (Latin for ‘by faith alone’) is a close second. While the Catholic Church taught human beings...
by Neil Silverberg | Oct 6, 2017
“All Scripture is God-breathed” (II Timothy 3:16). The end of this month marks the five hundredth year since the Reformation began when a German monk nailed his 95 theses to the door of Wittenburg Church. That started a revelation that changed medieval Europe, not to...
