John 8:31-36
A Sermon for Reformation Sunday
This is the Festival of the Reformation, the Sunday before October 31st, when in 1517 a monk named Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses against the sale of indulgences to the door of the church in Wittenberg, Germany. This long list of points to be debated was written in Latin and intended for discussion among his fellow scholars, but the Theses were quickly translated into German, made into cartoons and drawings, and soon everybody was talking about them.