This powerful word comes from Russell D. Moore of SBTS:
For most conservative American evangelicals, “Reformation Day” is not a big deal. Many, if asked, might think it to be a special emphasis day for prison ministry.
Most of us know the day as Halloween instead (or something closely approximating it), even if we feel a little guilty about that.
Whatver your view of the Reformation, it’s obvious to see that some of the things that drove Luther to anger (and to despair) are everywhere present, to this day, often even in the most “Reformation-centric” evangelical churches.
Hardened rebels against God rest easy in a prayer said at Vacation Bible School, or a card signed at confirmation class. And guilty consciences stand paralyzed outside, fearful that Christ can only save those who look or dress or speak a certain way. And, through it all, American Christianity has become a vast conspiracy to sell one another products.
The combination of the damning power of cheap grace with the accusing agony of performance-based righteousness before God exists in evey wing of the church. That’s because it’s not a medieval problem, but a primeval one.