Luther, Reformation and it's consequences in 30 high quality posters
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The story of Martin Luther in Playmobil animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tox2TflUH90
The Luther lands of Germany
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3csUhGlOJcc
Martin Luther Translator of the Bible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c2p5YqwNF4
A clip from the Luther film of the 95 Theses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijjbtcAEOnY
Lutheran theology in 90 seconds by Nadia Bolz-Weber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5N6jEesDIY
A rap on Luther’s life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4piapxaT0k
Luther’s Reformation in a catchy song
https://lutheranreformation.org/resources/for-teachers/reformation-rock-video/
A 3 min animated Luther film for Primary kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJxHwbwwo88
Gutenberg and the Printing Press by Storybots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJpJL2YzCOc

With the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, I have had a number of opportunities to connect ecumenically with Christians of other denominational traditions. One opportunity that a friend passed onto me was being the “Lutheran representative” on a Reformation Panel of the Uniting Church Queensland Synod that occurred on the Sunshine Coast this month. The five questions given to me beforehand to consider were;

1. What do you believe has been the most important consequence of the chain of events triggered by Martin Luther’s 95 Theses?
2. Do the contemporary contexts of ecumenism, globalisation and receding church influence in Western society give fresh relevance to the Reformation’s driving concerns, or do they make these concerns somewhat irrelevant?
3. In what areas of its life does your church need a similar direct challenge to its theology and practice today? What would your ‘theses’ be? Or is the real work of Christian faith and mission now really  happening outside our institutional churches?
4. Is dialogue ever enough to bring about serious, reforming change? Or is the power of institutional church control, defensiveness and self-righteousness such that any serious challenge needs more concrete and active forms?
5. Is it the case that true reforming of the church must necessarily highlight and lead to the church’s unity, not create divisions?

It was a worthwhile exercise to think through how I would respond to these questions.  The other members of the panel were gracious in their responses and the questions from the floor of the Synod stimulating. One comment though from the Catholic member on the panel made me think, can we talk of 'celebrating' the Reformation when the consequences of it led to violence, death, and war for countless nations and states in Europe? Can we celebrate an event that lead to the fracturing of western Christianity? I might not agree with all the sentiments behind these questions but they certainly did provoke me to think more deeply about the Reformation from an ecumencial perspective. Which is always a good thing for a Lutheran!