If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God wants our conscience to be certain and sure that it is pleasing to Him. This cannot be done if the conscience… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Lord God...use me as Your instrument -- but do not forsake me, for if ever I should be on my own, I… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I am so busy now that if I did not spend three hours each day in prayer, I could not get through… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If the heart has been reformed by the spirit, it makes use of both the useful and delightful things created and given… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If any man doth ascribe of salvation, even the very least, to the free will of man, he knoweth nothing of grace,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If by any effort of reason I could conceive how God, Who shows so much anger and iniquity, could be merciful and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If I had power over the Jews, as our princes and cities have, I would deal severely with their lying mouth — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If I fail to spend two hours in prayer each morning, the devil gets the victory through the day. I have so… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Cannons and fire-arms are cruel and damnable machines; I believe them to have been the direct suggestion of the Devil. If Adam… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“If then, Moses so distinctly announces that there is in us not only a faculty, but also a facility for keeping all… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
At Poltersberg, there is a lake similarly cursed. If you throw a stone into it, a dreadful storm immediately arises, and the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If I did not see that the Lord kept watch over the ship, I should long since have abandoned the helm. But… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If I had to refute all the other articles of the Jewish faith, I should be obliged to write against them as… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
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
I was born to fight devils and factions. It is my business to remove obstacles, to cut down thorns, to fill up… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
All which happens through the whole world happens through hope. No husbandman would sow a grain of corn if he did not… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
It hath been said, that there is of nothing so much in hell as of self-will. The which is true, for there… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Accordingly if the devil should say, 'Do not drink,' you should reply to him, 'On this very account, because you forbid it,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Dear rulers ... I maintain that the civil authorities are under obligation to compel the people to send their children to school.… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
When I am assailed with heavy tribulations, I rush out among my pigs rather than remain alone by myself. The human heart… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The best way to get rid of the Devil, if you cannot kill it with the words of Holy Scripture, is to… — 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
Even if all the world were to combine forces, they could not bring about the conception of a single child in any… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The true despisers of the world are the people who accept what God sends them, gratefully use all things when they have… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If God is to create or to preserve a creature, God must be present and must make and preserve God's creation both… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
When God creates faith in a man, that is as great a work as if He created heaven and earth all over… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
When asked what he would do if he knew the world would end tomorrow, Martin Luther said, "I would plant a tree." — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Though we be active in the battle, if we are not fighting where the battle is the hottest, we are traitors to… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. No merchant or tradesman would set himself to work if he… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If it were art to overcome heresy with fire, the executioners would be the most learned doctors on earth. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Exhort your household to learn [the Ten Commandments] word for word, that they should obey God…For if you teach and urge your… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
There is no rustic so rude but that, if he dreams or fancies anything, it must be the whisper of the Holy… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If men only believe enough in Christ they can commit adultery and murder a thousand times a day without periling their salvation. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God indeed tempteth no man; but yet we ask, in this petition, that he would keep and preserve us, lest the devil,… — 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
For some years now I have read through the Bible twice every year. If you picture the Bible to be a mighty… — 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… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
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