Luther!

Tami and I watched an excellent movie last night. "Luther", starring Joseph Fiennes was the biography of Martin Luther. It started out when Martin was a monk and became increasingly displeased with corruption within the Roman Catholic Church. There were attempts to squelch his outcry, but this only urged him on more. He nailed his 95 theses to the church door and got the common people all stirred up. He was called on the carpet by cardinals and the Pope and he was was asked to recant his statements. He said he could not and would not recant. He also spent a great deal of his life translating the Bible from Hebrew, Greek and Latin into German so that the commoners and peasants could have access to God's Holy Word. At this time in history, these folks were deemed too stupid to understand the Scriptures. The priests were the ones who were to read it and interpret it for them. He did marry and had 6 children. Watching the boldness and faith of this man to take on the most powerful entity in the world at that time was inspirational to say the least. I knew the basics of this story, but never the details. What a wonderful thing to see where my Reformed Faith originated. Martin Luther... maybe the most important figure in "modern" church history. Thank you, Martin Luther for standing up for your beliefs 500 years ago and for giving me the opportunity to read God's Word for myself.