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Jan 2021
10m 41s

January 21, 1521: Black Earth and First ...

LIGONIER MINISTRIES
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When Martin Luther had officiated his first Mass, he was seized with terror at the holiness of God, like a condemned man ascending the pyre for his own burning. Today, Luther relives that memory in a conversation with his colleague, Philip Melanchthon. All the while, another "pyre" is being prepared for Luther in Worms.

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