Author: Jill Hasstedt

Download a PDF of the 2015 Servant Event Devotions Leader’s Guide. Download a PDF of the 2015 Servant Event Devotions. About the theme The year was 1521. Martin Luther had already been excommunicated by the medieval church and was called to Worms to take back his teachings or be declared an outlaw (meaning anyone could kill him without threat of punishment). Even knowing he was facing a death sen­tence, Luther refused saying: Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason — I do not accept the authority of the popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other...