Our Weekly Thought – October 19 - 25, 2020

This coming Sunday, Lutherans go off the regular lessons to consider Reformation Sunday, that time in 1517 when Martin Luther invited public discussion on some ideas concerning Scriptural and church authority. He started it off with a bang by declaring: “When our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ said (as for example in the Gospel of Mark), ‘Repent, and believe in the Gospel,’ he intended the entire life of the believer to be one of repentance.” What became so upsetting to the established church at the time was that Luther questioned the Church’s right to sole possession of God’s authority and power. God’s power belongs to God. When we are faithful in the church, we reflect that power and share that authority with all who need to hear God’s word. May we do so, with gratitude and energy, this day and always.