Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
MARTIN LUTHEREven if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
MARTIN LUTHERWhoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!
MARTIN LUTHERPrayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
MARTIN LUTHERLord 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.
MARTIN LUTHERWhoever sees Christ as a mirror of the Father’s heart, actually walks through the world with new eyes.
MARTIN LUTHERGod wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.
MARTIN LUTHERNo man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.
MARTIN LUTHERMusic 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.
MARTIN LUTHERPrayer is climbing up into the heart of God.
MARTIN LUTHEREven if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
MARTIN LUTHERChristians fight best on their knees. Whatever good may be done is done and brought about by prayer.
MARTIN LUTHERPeople go through three conversions: The conversion of their head, their heart, and their pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same time.
MARTIN LUTHERAlways preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you.
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.
MARTIN LUTHERGod does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.
MARTIN LUTHERIf ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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