Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you.
MARTIN LUTHERNow 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.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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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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Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.
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The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.
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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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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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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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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
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They gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses?
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Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
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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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The highest and most precious treasure we receive of God is, that we can speak, hear, see, etc; but how few acknowledge these as God’s special gifts, much less give God thanks for them.
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A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.
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Unthankfulness is theft.
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The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.
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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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