Reformation Day
October 31 is a special day. No, I am not referring to the way that children dress up and walk door to door, begging for candy. For over 500 years now, Christians remember October 31 as "Reformation Day." On October 31, 1517 a man named Martin Luther dared to post a document of 95 "theses," or tenents of the faith, to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany. This was a big deal, because Martin Luther was taking a stand for salvation by grace alone, which defied the doctrine taught by the established church of that time. This act of defiance triggered the events of the Reformation, which transformed the way commoners had access to the Scriptures and made many foundational doctrines of the Bible clear to the common man. Martin Luther and others worked to translate the Bible from the Latin into German, and were tortured and even martyred for their teachings and work with the Scripture. This day should be recognized in Christian ho...