You won't hear much about this elsewhere with all of the Halloween hooplah going on today, but this is the 490th anniversary of the beginning of freedom of religion, as well as of the transformation of Europe and the restoration of Christianity to its foundational roots. On October 31, 1517, a humble man named Martin Luther nailed a list of 95 complaints on a church door, complaints against the twisted version of Christianity--Dark Ages' Roman Catholicism--that dominated every aspect of European life. Some passerby liked what he read in the document, and he made copies (on that recent invention called the printing press) that would be distibuted from England to Rome. This set off a revolution in theology and government that profoundly affects us today.
Most people, when hearing the name "Martin Luther," would say, "He's the Black civil rights leader who was killed in the 1960s, right?" Dr. King's German namesake did far more to change the world for the better, yet he is so underappreciated. I encourage you to learn more about this flawed but amazing man.
