Reformed Children

Roy Pangemanan Reformers Martin Luther 15 October  This month topic are the Reformers because of Reformation Day in October.   During Martin Luther's time, the condition in the church wasn't very good. Only the priests and high ranking people in the church hierarchy because the Bible was only available in its original languages. Even then, the priests didn't want to share the word of God. Of course, the normal people began to get weary of the condition of the Catholic Church. Martin Luther was the first reformer in the Protestant  Reformation (although there were some people who tried to reform the church before). He was born in the German town Eisleben in 1483 to Hans and Margarethe, and Hans was a copper miner. In 1501, Hans sent Martin to law school. In 1505, however, something unique happened to Luther. There was a harsh thunderstorm and a thunderbolt nearly hit him, so he prayed to Saint Anna, the Catholic saint of silver-mining. He promised that he would become a mo...

 Pdt. Ivan Kristiono 1 Peter 1:13-20 All our hope is in Christ. In the world, we (Christians) are not people who give up, are cynical, and have no direction. We have hope for the future in Christ. People who commit suicide hope on humanity, and that's an example of why hope on something else than Christ is not correct. We must put all our hope on Christ. What is happiness? We must also put all our happiness on Christ. Wealth is empty but hope to God will not fade, it will not dissappoint. There are two extremes: some people are naive and think the world is always good and perfect. Then, there are those who are dissappointed and surrender their hope to evil, which produces hate. If we put our hope on Christ, it produces love.  The book of Ecclesiastes tells us that whether people succeed or not is according to God, and has been controlled by God. Do not put our hope on the world, but on Christ. We should live like an obedient child, in holiness. Sometimes it is said that "posit...