A blessed Reformation Day to Crosstalk listeners. In recognition of this historic day, October 31, 1517, when Dr. Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church, here is a link to the entire “Here I Stand” speech Luther gave before the Diet of Worms. Luther stood against the full power and wrath of the corrupt church of that day, a church that had so polluted the biblical teaching of the Gospel that millions lived in spiritual bondage. But praise God for the courage of one man who refused to knuckle under to the political and religious power of the day. God’s Word alone was supreme. His Word said we are justified by faith alone, in Christ alone, not by faith plus good works or anything else.

Enjoy the recording of Max McLean as he gives the full 24-minute speech that shook the world. Today, Christians need a new reformation and clarification of those biblical doctrines once again. A corrupt evangelicalism has created a corrupt Gospel once again. Mainline Christian denominations have been apostate for nearly a century in some cases. Mysticism, humanism, sensuality and carnality mar what calls itself the Church of Jesus Christ. Dead orthodoxy riddles even conservative churches all too often. We need to pray that true preaching of the Word of God can be heard again in our churches. +Soli Deo Gloria+

For an explanation of the Reformation symbol above, Luther’s Coat of Arms, read here.