![]() The turning point for Martin Luther happened after deeply studying the Bible, particularly Paul’s letter to the Romans. The movie is available on DVD, maybe it can be streamed too, it’s highly recommended if you’d like to know more about the man. A few scenes from the video are from a movie aptly called “Luther” that came out in 2003. Isn’t that fun? It’s a great summary of Luther’s major complaint with the church of the time. I’d like to show you a short video, it’s a rap song, about Luther’s life, that describes his role in reforming the church. But fortunately for Luther, and for all of us, it gets better. It’s no wonder he feared this dance with the devil in the pale moon light. ![]() So why all this extreme behavior? Because Luther believed that if he died without confessing all his sins that he was destined for hell. At times Luther was so obsessed with sin he would literally whip himself, again, and again and again, as punishment. I can almost picture him looking up to the heavens, seeing only a dim, pale moon as he journeyed to confess. While Luther was living in a monastery he would often wake up the head monk in the middle of the night to confess. When he thought he had sinned he would apologize to God, through confession, whenever he failed. Living in a monastery at the time, Luther worried a lot about sin, and that he may have committed it. Luther knew about dancing with the devil too as a young adult he spent years fighting his own demons. Today we celebrate Reformation Sunday, it’s why many of you are wearing red, looking good! On this day we also celebrate the man who started the Protestant Reformation almost 500 years ago, Martin Luther, a law student turned monk, then turned priest. Perhaps we’re fascinated with hopeless situations too. Our society it seems, is fascinated with darkness. It was the fifth-highest grossing film in history at the time of its release. It sounds kind of hopeless.īatman was a critical and financial success, earning over $400 million in box office totals. For me this conjures up an image of dancing with your own personal demons, in the darkness of night, with only a dull, pale light from above. It turns out that a pale moonlight is dull, not bright at all. I had to look up the word pale to get a better sense of what this phrase means. ![]() It’s a dark scene from a dark movie about the dark knight. In it, the Joker, played by Jack Nicolson, asks Batman this question, right before shooting him, and leaving Batman for dead. This quote may sound familiar it’s from the 1989 Batman movie, the first Batman film of the modern era. “Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?” For those that prefer to read it’s all laid out in order. If you’re listening to the message just pause at the 3 minute mark, scroll down to the video below, and then fire up the audio file to hear the rest. Today’s message features Batman, Jesus, Martin Luther and a rap video, all seen through the lens of the Protestant Reformation.
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