In the winter of 1510-1511 Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk from Erfurt, Germany, made a pilgrimage to Rome on behalf of his religious order. During the trip he and his companion monk met people and saw things that had a profound effect on both of them. Luther would go on to be the catalyst for the revolutionary movement known as the Protestant Reformation, and his trip to Rome would be part of the backdrop to the course he would eventually travel. Now find out what the trip to Rome was all about and the consequences it had for the Christian world.

There is much about the Christian gospel that is misunderstood in our time. The church has paid more attention to its own traditions and false teachings than it has to the truth found in the Scriptures. If the church is to rightly educate its people and act in accordance with its biblical mandate, it must return to a proper teaching of the gospel. And a key part of the gospel is a clear, accurate recognition of the state of natural, unregenerate man. For the Bible teaches us that God loves us too much to leave us as we are.

John Spilsbury was one of the prominent leaders of the newly emerging Particular Baptist churches in early 17th century England. Despite having no real formal education, he became the doctrinal heart and soul and the pastoral guide for a movement that would eventually comprise the largest evangelical body of believers in the world. This Baptist founding father is an enigma to most church historians, but to those who know of his commitment to biblical authority and truth, of his rejection of popes and ecclesiastical hierarchy, of his commitment to clear confessions of faith, of his staunch...