If I could today become king or emperor, I would not give up my office as preacher. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
After theology I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
True faith will no more fail to produce [good works] than the sun can cease to give light. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Next to theology I give to music the highest place and honor. And we see how David and all the saints have… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Christians are to be taught that the pope would and should wish to give of his own money, even though he had… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
He who receives a sacrament does not perform a good work; he receives a benefit. In the mass we give Christ nothing;… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Nothing on earth is so well-suited to make the sad merry, the merry sad, to give courage to the despairing, to make… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
You may as well quit reading and hearing the Word of God, and give it to the devil, if you do not… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Spare the rod and spoil the child - that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
How rich a God our God is! He gives enough, but we don't notice it. He gave the whole world to Adam,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The confidence that God is mindful of the individual is of tremendous value in dealing with the disease of fear, for it… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Riches are the pettiest and least worthy gifts which God can give a man. What are they to God's Word, to bodily gifts, such as beauty and health; or to the gifts of the mind, such as understanding, skill, wisdom! Yet men toil for them day and night, and take no rest. Therefore God commonly gives riches to foolish people… — Martin Luther Copy Share
World, death, devil, hell, away and leave me in peace! You have no hold on me. If you will not let me… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God is ready to give more quickly, and to give more than you ask; yea, he offers his treasures if we only… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Let all the 'free-will' in the world do all it can with all its strength; it will never give rise to a… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The devil and temptations also do give occasion unto us somewhat to learn and understand the Scriptures, by experience and practice. Without… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God's love gives in such a way that it flows from a Father's heart, the well-spring of all good. The heart of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Many sweat to reconcile St Paul and St James, but in vain. 'Faith justifies' and 'faith does not justify' contradict each other… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Music drives away the Devil and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
In Romans 7, St. Paul says, "The law is spiritual." What does that mean? If the law were physical, then it could… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
People give ear to an upstart astrologer [Copernicus]...this fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God does not give grace freely in the sense that He will demand no satisfaction, but He gave Christ to be the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Christianity can be summed up in the two terms faith and love...receiving from above [faith] and giving out below [love]. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The two chief things are faith and love. Faith receives the good; love gives the good. Faith offers us God as our… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Great people and champions are special gifts of God, whom He gives and preserves; they do their work, and achieve great actions,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
When God contemplates some great work, He begins it by the hand of some poor, weak, human creature, to whom He afterwards… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
As when my little son John offendeth: if then I should not whip him, but call him to the table unto me,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
It is impossible for one man both to labor day and night to get a living, and at the same time give… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The highest and most precious treasure we receive of God is, that we can speak, hear, see, etc.; but how few acknowledge… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
From the beginning of my Reformation I have asked God to send me neither dreams, nor visions, nor angels, but to give… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The proverb has it that Hunger is the best cook. The Law makes afflicted consciences hungry for Christ. Christ tastes good to… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Let us not lose the Bible, but with diligence, in fear and invocation of God, read and preach it. While that remains… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
What shall we Christians do now with this depraved and damned people of the Jews? ... I will give my faithful advice:… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Take a look at your own heart, and you will soon find out what has stuck to it and where your treasure… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
All our work in the field, in the garden, in the city, in the home, in struggle, in government-to what does it… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“It was easy for you to say these things, since you either knew you were not writing to Luther, but for the general public,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“God made man out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Our office...subjects us to great burdens and labors, dangers and temptations, with little reward or gratitude from the world. But Christ himself will be… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Our faith in Christ does not free us from works but from false opinions concerning works, that is, from the foolish presumption that justification is acquired by works. Faith redeems, corrects, and preserves our consciences so that we know that righteousness does not consist in works, although works neither can nor ought to be wanting; just as we cannot be… — Martin Luther Copy Share
The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves out of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image