Join the Reformation
October 12th, 2011
We have a little promotional effort underway, and are using the theme “Join the Reformation!” let me know what you think of the theme, and check out the items associated with it here.
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Categories: CPH Resources
That Luther’s Seal page banner would make a great witness bumper sticker. We haven’t had a good one since “Tell the Good News about Jesus.”
Grammar question – In the header for the Shine On! materials, it says, “and show children how God shined His love and forgiveness on people….” I had always understood “shined” to refer to polishing, shone refers to illumination or radiance – or, to put it more generally, you used “shined” if the subject changes the passive attributes of the object, “shone” if the subject is causing the object to be active.
It may be my own limited vocabulary, but that sentence just struck me as oddly constructed. I know CPH vetted the materials before they were published on the web, but sometimes things sneak through. Just wanted to double check that “shined” was the correct form.
You may be right!
A nice idea.
I assume the hand holding the hammer in the lower left corner of the banner is intended to convey “I Like This!” (borrowing from the original Facebook “thumbs up” graphic)?
Yup, you got it.
@Jason Barker
By “left corner,” I meant my OTHER left, of course.
“We have a little promotional effort underway, and are using the theme Join the Reformation!”
I think it’s great, but could be even better with a link to my blog in big bold lettering (hey, worth a shot).
I got my new Concordia catalog yesterday… I’m looking forward to LW 60. Thank you guys so much for this project!
@Pr. Al Janneke
A former boss years ago mentioned how Luther’s Seal looks awefuly close to the emblems/coat-of-arms of the War of Roses families.
Anyone know what the connection is, if there is one ?
You’ll also notice a very similar rose to Luther’s in the windows over the chancel in the chapel of the Augustinian Monastery in Erfurt. Luther was made a friar there, below those very windows. (There are also parrots in the same windows, the exact origin of which I’ve never heard, except that they may be reflective of the news of the discovery of the New World.) The rose your friend is thinking of was adopted by the Tudors at the end of the war (think Henry VIII as Luther’s contemporary). No doubt it was a common emblem at the time, but probably unrelated, except it was a nice background.@Gabriel Emanuel Borlean