Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
MARTIN LUTHERThe 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.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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Whatever you love most, that is your god.
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We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.
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The more a person loves, the closer he approaches the image of God.
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The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.
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Christians fight best on their knees. Whatever good may be done is done and brought about by prayer.
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To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
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One is not righteous who does much, but the one who, without work, believes much in Christ. The law says, ‘Do this,’ and it is never done. Grace says, ‘Believe in this,’ and everything is already done.
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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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Christianity can be summed up in the two terms faith and love receiving from above faith and giving out below love.
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We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.
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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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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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Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I’ll show you his god.
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Prayer is climbing up into the heart of God.
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Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.
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