What Once Was Can Be Again: Christian Education and the Reformation

By Alyssa Sonnenburg 8 min read

We are now in mid-2017, the 500th anniversary of the epochal and world-changing Reformation. By revisiting the teaching of that era, we can gain a renewed hope for the modern evangelical Church, the rightful heir to that rich theology and history.

In 1517, it was the Roman Catholic Church that needed a Reformation, but in 2017, it is the evangelical Church that needs a Reformation. We can and should study the 5 solas of the Reformation in our day and seek to renew these teachings in our evangelical churches. But I want to posit a forgotten ideal of that same time under the theme: What once was can be again: Christian education and the Reformation.

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