by Neil Silverberg | Nov 14, 2017
This Reformation Day I was reminded by a friend of the lasting fruit the mighty Reformation produced, much of which continues to be borne today. When we think of the Reformation, we almost inevitably think of the bright shining stars that dotted the landscape such as...
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 | Sep 19, 2017
In a little more than a month we will be celebrating 500 years since Martin Luther published his Ninety-Five Theses, thus splintering Catholicism and giving birth to the Protestant Church. Why is that event so important in history? The Reformation rescued the Gospel...