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.
MARTIN LUTHERChristianity can be summed up in the two terms faith and love receiving from above faith and giving out below love.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.
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God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.
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God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.
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When Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for sinners.
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For what God gives I thank indeed; What He withholds I do not need.
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One is not righteous who does much, but the one who, without work, believes much in Christ. The law says, ‘Do this,’ and it is never done. Grace says, ‘Believe in this,’ and everything is already done.
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Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
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Music is a fair and glorious gift of God. I am strongly persuaded that after theology, there is no art which can be placed on the level with music.
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The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.
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We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.
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Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I’ll show you his god.
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The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.
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The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.
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