Preaching—The Instrument of Reformation (2)

Last time we saw that the Reformation marked a return to and a restoration of preaching to its proper place -- the primary place -- in the life of the church. It was this preaching, so heavily emphasized by the reformers, which was the primary instrument in the accomplishment and the spread of the Reformation. More than any other single factor the preaching of the Word by Luther and Calvin and their associates served to call the people of God back to the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Last...