how NOT to reform a Church

Here’s something most people never stop to consider:

Martin Luther did not set out to start a new church.

In 1517, he wanted one Church — the one he was born into — cleaned up. Reformed. Made faithful again.

That’s it. One Church. Made clean.

But look at what actually happened.

Five hundred years later, there aren’t a handful of reformed churches. There are tens of thousands of them. Different Bibles interpreted different ways. Different views on baptism, on the Lord’s Supper, on salvation itself.

Each one certain it has Scripture on its side. Each one reading the same verses and arriving somewhere new.

Luther pulled one thread hoping to mend the garment. Instead the whole thing came apart in his hands.

Here’s the truth of it:

When every man becomes his own final authority over Scripture, you don’t get one pure Church. You get endless division — and no way to settle it.

And that’s exactly the story I walk through in this week’s video.

Because the fracture wasn’t a bug in the Reformation. It was the logic of it, playing out to the end. Take away a living authority handed down from the apostles, and there’s nothing left to hold the center.

Meanwhile, the Church Luther tried to reform is still here. Still one. Still teaching what it taught in the fourth century.

That’s not an accident. That’s the tie-breaker.

If you’ve ever wondered why Protestantism keeps splitting while the Catholic Church holds together, then set aside an hour and watch this:

[Watch the full video → ]

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Pax, Godwin