A gospel that doesn’t deal with the issues of the day is not the gospel at all.
MARTIN LUTHERTemptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should let them nest in our hair.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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The more a person loves, the closer he approaches the image of God.
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Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
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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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God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.
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Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity, and gentleness may reign in us. Amen
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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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As long as we live there is never enough singing.
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God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
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Prayer is a very precious medicine, one that certainly helps and never fails, if you will only use it.
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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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A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.
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We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.
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Pray, and let God worry.
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Lord Jesus, You are my righteousness, I am your sin. You took on you what was mine; yet set on me what was yours. You became what you were not, that I might become what I was not.
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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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Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.
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Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
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Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I’ll show you his god.
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Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should let them nest in our hair.
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Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!
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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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Unthankfulness is theft.
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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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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.
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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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No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.
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