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We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.

Martin Luther

A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.
MARTIN LUTHER

Change Faith Religious Transformation
Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
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Cost Faith One Liner Peace Truth
He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.
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Fools Himself Life Love Song Wine Woman
I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.
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Carry God Hands Life Lost Myself Place
You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
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Deep Responsibility Silence Word Yourself
God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
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Appearance Attractive Difference God Himself Love Sin
A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it the bigger it becomes.
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Big Lying Snow Yourself
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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Action Book Failure Greatness Prayer Religious
A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it.
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Greatness Myself Power Religious Simplicity
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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Expression God Learning Love Power Practice Talk
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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Faith God Love People Person Religious Togetherness
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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Fight Himself Strong Teaching
If we Christians would join the Wise Men, we must close our eyes to all that glitters before the world and look rather on the despised and foolish things, help the poor, comfort the despised, and aid the neighbor in his need.
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Comfortable Eyes Fools Help Man Need Neighbor Ourselves Poor Wisdom World
Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I’ll show you his god.
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God Himself Men Money Myself Time
Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
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Accomplishment Result Time Wait
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
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Alone Book God Ourselves Spiritual Time

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