Scared to death in a thunderstorm, he vowed to become a monk. Later, scared to death of hell, he finally found peace only in what Jesus had done for him. Infuriated by a religious system that he felt corrupted Jesus' gift, he wrote up a protest and posted it in the public place where such "debate starters" were posted. That's when the trouble (and the revolution) began.
Today is the anniversary of the day he nailed that "simple scrap of paper" to a door.
Years later, friends kidnapped him and hid him to save his life -- this scene from the movie about him shows him during that time translating the Bible into the language of his country so his people could read it for themselves:
You can read his story HERE. Have you ever sung THIS SONG he wrote?
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