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.
MARTIN LUTHEREither sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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If you see yourself as a “little sinner” you will inevitably see Jesus as a “little savior”.
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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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Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
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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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God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
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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 simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it.
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I have so much to do today, I’ll need to spend another hour on my knees.
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A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.
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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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The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.
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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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A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.
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