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A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and be able to bite and fight.

Martin Luther

Christianity can be summed up in the two terms faith and love receiving from above faith and giving out below love.
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Difference Faith Love Religious
The more a person loves, the closer he approaches the image of God.
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God Healing Himself Love Person
Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.
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Choice Freedom God Lost Lying Save Sin Yourself
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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Children Family Gift Himself True
This is the most dangerous trial of all, when there is no trial and every thing goes well; for then a man is tempted to forget God, to become too bold and to misuse times of prosperity.
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Dangerous Forget God Men Prosperity Time
The sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands.
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Grace Hands Love Lying Sin Trust
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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Deserve Enough God Goodness Himself Ideas Live Men Mindset
Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.
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Book Empty God Religious
It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.
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Neighbor Religion Responsibility
A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.
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Generosity Price Religion Suffering Worth
A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it.
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Greatness Myself Power Religious Simplicity
The kingdom of God does not consist in talk, but in power, that is, in works and practice. God loves the ‘doers of the word’ in faith and love, and not the ‘mere hearers,’ who, like parrots, have learned to utter certain expressions with readiness.
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Expression God Learning Love Power Practice Talk
Nothing is more beautiful in the eyes of God than a soul that loves to hear His Word.
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Beautiful Eyes God Himself Love Soul Word
God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.
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God Goodness Inspirational Neighbor Religious Work Yourself
The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.
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Change Generosity Gift Heart Life Thankful Value Worth
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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Christ Death Deep Freedom Himself Myself Religious Right Sin

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