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Monday, besides being Halloween, is Reformation Day, commemorating the the date that Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses 505 years ago.<\/p>\n

Today, the\u00a0church is in a bad way, not only from the external forces of secularism but from its own scandals, heresies, and cultural conformity.<\/p>\n

What about the church today could use \u201creformation\u201d?\u00a0 That is, what needs reforming in the contemporary church?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"