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Here We Stand
Martin Luther didn’t stand alone 500 years ago. Nor does he stand alone today. To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, we invite you to join us on a 31-day journey, just 5–7 minutes each day,...
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The Morning Star of the Reformation: John Wycliffe (c. 1330–1384)
John Wycliffe died almost exactly a hundred years before Martin Luther was born, but his impact on the Reformation is unmistakable.
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The First Tremor: Peter Waldo (Died by 1218)
This proto-reformer’s protest against the Catholic Church was the first tremor of the coming spiritual earthquake.
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The Goosefather: Jan Hus (c. 1369–1415)
Jan Hus was a preacher, a political figure, a prophet, a proto-Reformer, and a martyr of the first class.
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The Florentine Forerunner: Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498)
Girolamo Savonarola condemned the pope’s abuses and elevated the authority of Scripture — all while Luther was only a child.
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The Gentle Lutheran: Philip Melanchthon (1497–1560)
While Luther was brash, impulsive, and forceful, his brilliant young disciple was a timid, sober-minded unifier.
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The Bride of the Reformation: Wibrandis Rosenblatt (1504–1564)
She was wife to four husbands, mother to eleven children, and disciple to one Lord who never left her side.
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The Protestant Peacemaker: Wolfgang Capito (c. 1478–1541)
He sought to win his opponents not with violence, coercion, or insults, but with endless gentleness.
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The Fearless Pacifist: Menno Simons (1496–1561)
While searching for the doctrine of transubstantiation in Scripture, he discovered the gospel instead.
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The Phoenix of Florence: Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499–1562)
After fifteen years of preaching Catholic doctrine, Peter Martyr awoke to the gospel, fled his home, and championed the Reformation across Europe.
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The Monday Morning Protestant: Thomas Becon (c. 1512–1567)
Thomas Becon brought the Reformation from the churches to the kitchens, courts, shipyards, and battlefields. All of life is a stage for worshiping God.
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The Underground Translator: William Tyndale (c. 1494–1536)
William Tyndale gave his life so British commoners could know the Bible — not in Latin, but in their own mother tongue.
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The Protestant Melting Pot: Martin Bucer (1491–1551)
He was the German glue of the Protestant movement — the unifier between the diverse strands of Reformation.
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The First Lady in France: Marie Dentière (c. 1495–1561)
What Marie Dentière lacked in feminine modesty or humility for her day, she made up for with unrivaled zeal for the gospel.
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The Monastery’s Lost Houselamp: Johannes Oecolampadius (1482–1531)
When Johannes Oecolampadius returned to Basel in 1522, the people sung Latin in Mass. Ten years later, the Mass was gone and the songs were German.
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The Gospel Lobbyist: Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556)
Thomas Cranmer led England from Roman Catholicism, and shaped England’s theology perhaps more than any other Reformer.
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The French Firebrand: Guillaume Farel (1489–1565)
Guillaume Farel had faults — and they were real and known — but this French firebrand loved the gospel and devoted his life to sharing its riches.
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The British Candle: Latimer (c. 1485–1555) and Ridley (c. 1502–1555)
One Lord, one faith, one stake. The story of two great Reformers burned at the same stake.
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The Swiss Giant: Ulrich Zwingli (1484–1531)
Ulrich Zwingli brought the people of Zurich away from pomp, hypocrisy, and idolatry and back to the Bible, the gospel, and Jesus Christ.
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The Accidental Reformer: Hans Gooseflesh (c. 1400–1468)
He never preached a sermon and never authored a theological treatise. He was a Reformer by accident — or, better, by common grace.
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