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The Reformation for Armchair Theologians is unavailable, but you can change that!

This accessible narrative story of the Reformation is written for lay audiences. It is part of the popular Westminster John Knox Press Armchair series and is illustrated with memorable cartoons by Ron Hill. The chapters of the book are suitable for use in church adult education settings to provide a solid grounding in the history of the Reformation and its leading ideas. Questions for discussion...

start is with the Latin word sacramentum, which is a translation of the Greek work mysterion, meaning “a mystery,” that is, something that has been hidden but is now revealed. This admittedly doesn’t help us much, so perhaps we should turn to a simpler definition: A sacrament is “a visible sign of an invisible grace.” To take this a bit further, we can use the words of Augustine, who described a sacrament as a visible promise. The idea is that God is way beyond our capacity to understand: He is infinite,
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