Tag Archives: reformation

Patrick Hamilton (1504-1528)

By Michael PenfoldJune 12, 2019Christian Historyhamilton, patrick, reformation

Bert Cargill of Scotland, co-author or “Torchbearers of the Truth”, writes the following stirring biographical sketch of the first Scottish Reformation martyr Patrick Hamilton (1504-1528). On a cold windswept afternoon on the last day of February, 1528, the first and the youngest of the Scottish martyrs of the Reformation was burned at the stake in […]

Martin Luther (1483-1546)

By Michael PenfoldOctober 22, 2017Christian History95 theses, martin luther, reformation

500 years ago, on 31st October 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg, Germany, in an act ever after considered to be the starting point of the Reformation. The historically and globally momentous nature of this event is astounding in every respect. David Gilliland, author and Bible teacher from Lurgan, […]