Martin Luther was born in 1483 in Thuringe, Saxony and lived quite a normal early childhood. He went to school at Mansfeld and Eisleben and later attended The University of Erfurt. He had plans of studying law but changed his plans after a near death strike of lightning. He became an Augustinian monk. Later, in 1507, Luther became a priest and lived a happy life, teaching moral theology and shaping up a successful career. However, Martin Luther became troubled when, at a nearby church, Johann Tetzel started selling indulgences which Luther did not agree with. The indulgences were crude and simply a way of making money for the Catholic Church. Thus, Luther wrote the 95 theses in protest and posted them on the Castle church door. As the word spread of Luther's rejection of indulgences and statements of church corruption, Luther was constantly bombarded with people upset at his words and also people who agreed with his statements on indulgences. Luther continued to write about how the indulgences being sold did not agree with Scripture. He wrote over five books on the subject and the Papacy was getting tired of fighting him. Charles V decided to finalize the matter. He would give Luther the chance to recall all he had said at the upcoming Diet of Worms or risk excommunication from the Church. Despite this threat, Luther said at the Diet of Worms, "My conscience is captive to the Word of God... Here I stand, I can do no other." Throughout the next couple of years, Luther started the long and tedious task of creating a new theology which would later be known as Lutheranism. Martin Luther continued to stick strong to his new Faith in times of turmoil that would follow in the years to come. Luther would have outbursts with the Roman Catholic Church, the Zwickau Prophets and Erasmus.

Martin Luther is truly a modern model of Faith. Luther was assailed and tried for his protests. He created a new Faith that his conscience allowed him to follow and stuck to his new religion in times of turmoil. By observing his actions and ideas, we too can grow in our Faith. We need to question our Faith as Luther did so that we might grow. We need to follow what we believe in and what we feel is the right thing. Modeling ourselves after Martin Luther can definitely make us better men and women of Faith.