Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you.
MARTIN LUTHERThey gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses?
More Martin Luther Quotes
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God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
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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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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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Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.
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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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A gospel that doesn’t deal with the issues of the day is not the gospel at all.
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I simply taught, preached, wrote God’s Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
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We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.
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Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all.
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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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Pray, and let God worry.
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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 happy fart never comes from a miserable ass.
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Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.
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People go through three conversions: The conversion of their head, their heart, and their pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same time.
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