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Next year marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. As the year draws near, many will reflect on the momentous events, leaders, and issues that initiated this pivotal time in the life of the church. By God’s grace, there’s no shortage of good literature to read on the Reformers and their commitment to the gospel of grace. But where do you begin?

To help prepare us for the upcoming anniversary, Tim Keller (TGC vice president and pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan), Don Carson (TGC president and research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), and John Piper (teacher at Desiring God and chancellor at Bethlehem College and Seminary) discuss the best books they’ve read on the Reformation and the ways these works have changed their lives.

Piper highlights David Daniell’s biography, William Tyndale—what he calls “one of the top three biographies” he’s ever read. Carson and Keller both underscore the significance of Calvin’s Institutes and the role it’s played in shaping their own thinking. Carson points pastors in particular toward J. H. Merle d’Aubigné’s two-volume set, The Reformation in England, while Keller also spotlights Roland Bainton’s classic biography of Martin Luther, Here I Stand, and considers its influence on him as a young seminary student.

Is there enough evidence for us to believe the Gospels?

In an age of faith deconstruction and skepticism about the Bible’s authority, it’s common to hear claims that the Gospels are unreliable propaganda. And if the Gospels are shown to be historically unreliable, the whole foundation of Christianity begins to crumble.
But the Gospels are historically reliable. And the evidence for this is vast.
To learn about the evidence for the historical reliability of the four Gospels, click below to access a FREE eBook of Can We Trust the Gospels? written by New Testament scholar Peter J. Williams.

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