{"id":959,"date":"2020-04-24T12:01:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T11:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/towersoffaith.com\/?p=959"},"modified":"2020-04-24T12:01:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T11:01:05","slug":"scripture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelondonbiker.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/scripture\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Luther"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scripture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wednesday 10th June, 7pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By The Rt. Rev&#8217;d. Dr. Graham Tomlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martin Luther, a talk by The Rt. Rev\u2019d. Dr. Graham Tomlin\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mLI27iNVFnY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin Luther is well known for his advocacy of the authority of Scripture within the church. In this lecture, Bishop Graham will explore why this was so important for Luther, how he felt Scripture should be interpreted, and something of the legacy of Luther\u2019s views on the Bible in subsequent church history and theology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Rt Revd Dr Graham Tomlin<\/strong>&nbsp;is Bishop of Kensington and President of St Mellitus College. Among past roles he has served as Chaplain of Jesus College Oxford and Vice Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, where he taught within the Theology Faculty of Oxford University on Historical Theology, specialising in the Reformation period. He was the first Dean of St Mellitus College. He is the author of many books and articles, including<em>&nbsp;The Power of the Cross: Theology and the Death of Christ in Paul, Luther and Pascal (1999),&nbsp;<\/em>a biography of Martin Luther entitled<em>&nbsp;Luther and his World (2002), Looking through the Cross<\/em>&nbsp;(the Archbishop of Canterbury\u2019s Lent Book for 2014),&nbsp;<em>and Luther\u2019s Gospel: Reimagining the World (2018).<\/em>&nbsp;He is married to Janet and has two children and three grandchildren. He suffers a lifelong addiction to Bristol City Football Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/towersoffaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Luther.png?resize=768%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelondonbiker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Luther.png?w=810&amp;ssl=1 810w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelondonbiker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Luther.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelondonbiker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Luther.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelondonbiker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Luther.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelondonbiker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Luther.png?resize=676%2C676&amp;ssl=1 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture Wednesday 10th June, 7pm By The Rt. Rev&#8217;d. Dr. Graham Tomlin Martin Luther is well known for his advocacy of the authority of Scripture within the church. 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