At one point, a conversation I was in turned to Martin Luther who was 29 years old when he nailed the Luther nailed a copy of the 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. He had a heart for the Scriptures to be translated into the common language of his day. He wrote music. But then the question came up "What would Martin Luther do and focus on if he was just starting a ministry today?" That question is one I have been thinking about since it came up.
Dan Kimbal has set us up an interesting thought experiment here. If Luther were alive today and had been raised today would he even recognize himself? What would his religious background be that would cause him to fear a thunderstorm so much that he devoted his life work to God? Luther seems to have a dogmatic personality. He was not given to listening to the opinions of others. How would that fit in the new emerging church? I don't think a man like :Luther will give the answers for the problems of Christianity in this age. We don't need a dogmatic personality to pull us back to an earlier, more pure belief. We need someone who can integrate the truths of the worlds faiths into a new view of religion. We don't go back this time.. We go forward.
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