Author Os Guinness reminds us of Martin Luther’s unusual experience, which vividly illustrates the man’s surprise at being used by God to lead so many others into a reformation that swept across Europe. He writes, Painfully climbing up the steps of a medieval cathedral in the dark, he reached for the stair rope to steady himself and was amazed to hear the bell ring out above him—he had inadvertently pulled the bell rope and woken up the whole countryside. Far from a man with a comprehensive vision of reform and a well-calculated plan for carrying it out, Luther struggled painfully for
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