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Apr 2021
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April 18, 1521: Here I Stand

LIGONIER MINISTRIES
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The day has come at last. Martin Luther stands trial at the Diet of Worms. How will he respond when he is called to recant his teaching and reject God's Word? Five hundred years ago today, the German monk makes history.

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