Now 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.
MARTIN LUTHEREven if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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Pray, and let God worry.
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Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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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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If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.
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Music 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.
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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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It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.
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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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It’s not what I don’t know that bothers me – it’s what I do know and don’t do!
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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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I simply taught, preached, wrote God’s Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
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This grace of God is a very great, strong, mighty and active thing. It does not lie asleep in the soul. Grace hears, leads, drives, draws, changes, works all in man, and lets itself be distinctly felt and experienced. It is hidden, but its works are evident.
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There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
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If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.
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Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.
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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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Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you.
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There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow.
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Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.
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No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.
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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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Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!
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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.
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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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I’ll trust in God’s unchanging Word, till soul and body sever. For though all things pass away, His Word shall stand forever.
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