I know not the way God leads me, but well do I know my Guide.
MARTIN LUTHERThe 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.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
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Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.
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Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
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Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
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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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Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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Unthankfulness is theft.
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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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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 Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.
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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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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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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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We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.
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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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