If we Christians would join the Wise Men, we must close our eyes to all that glitters before the world and look rather on the despised and foolish things, help the poor, comfort the despised, and aid the neighbor in his need.
MARTIN LUTHERAll of a Christian’s life is one of repentance.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.
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He [Christ] died for me. He made His righteousness mine and made my sin His own; and if He made my sin His own, then I do not have it, and I am free.
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Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
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The church that preaches the gospel in all of its fullness, except as it applies to the great social ills of the day, is failing to preach the gospel.
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I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.
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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
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Spare the rod and spoil the child – that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well.
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There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
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It’s not what I don’t know that bothers me – it’s what I do know and don’t do!
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Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how they believe, live and teach.
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God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.
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Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.
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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.
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