A talk at 6.30 pm in the Second Thoughts Series 2017 at St. Martin's, Epsom, by the Very Revd Dr Andris Abakuks. 31st October, 2017, is the 500th anniversary of the posting of the 95 theses by Martin Luther in the German town of Wittenberg, an event that is commonly commemorated as the starting point of the Reformation. The talk will be about the life and work of Martin Luther and the beginnings of the Reformation. Andris is the Dean of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Great Britain. In 2014 the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad signed the Porvoo Agreement, an agreement of communion between Anglican and Lutheran Churches in Europe. Andris is the representative of his church on the Porvoo Contact Group. On the basis of the Porvoo Agreement, Andris has been granted Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Guildford by Bishop Andrew. Andris lives in Epsom and, before he retired, was a Lecturer in Statistics at Birkbeck College, University of London.