The following sermon is the first half of a two-part series on the Protestant Reformation, in celebration and memorial of its 500th year anniversary.

The series covered the formal cause of the Reformation (sola scriptura, “scripture alone”), as well as its material cause (sola fide, “faith alone”). I preached on the former topic, as found here.

The Formal Cause of the Reformation: Sola Scriptura

Why Church Membership?

Stepping Up to the Plate: Every Member a Disciple-Making Disciple (Ephesians 4:7-16)

The Church: Myths and Misconceptions (Part 2)

The Church: Myths and Misconceptions (Part 1)

Serious Church: Taking the Christian Life Seriously through the Church’s Practice of Discipline (Matthew 18:15-20; 1 Corinthians 5:1-13)

Missional Submission (1 Peter 3:1-7)

How to Relate to the State as Sojourners & Citizens of a Different Kingdom (1 Peter 2:13-17) — Part 2

How to Relate to the State as Sojourners & Citizens of a Different Kingdom (1 Peter 2:13-17) — Part 1

Our Identity & Calling in Christ (1 Peter 2:4-10)