If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. — John 8:31-32

Recently, I came across a list of the 100 most influential people of the last 1,000 years. First on the list is Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press with moveable type. Following right on his heels and coming in at number three, is one of my all-time faith heroes, a Catholic priest by the name of Martin Luther.1

According to tradition, exactly 500 years ago this Tuesday, on the eve of All Saints Day in 1517, Luther nailed his 95 theses on the door of the university chapel in Wittenberg, Germany. He did so to protest a series of practices in the Roman Catholic Church, particularly the sale of indulgences, money people would pay the church for t…