--- title: "4 Luther Quotes By Eric Metaxas" description: "4 Luther quotes by Eric Metaxas. Plus more from Eric Metaxas and more Luther sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f68/eric-metaxas-1651_luther_luther-s-room-at-the-wartburg-contained_828583.png" --- > [“Luther’s room at the Wartburg contained a tiled oven for warmth, a simple desk and chair, of which he made ample use,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/luther-s-room-at-the-wartburg-contained-a-tiled-oven-for-warmth-a/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f68/eric-metaxas-1651_luther_luther-s-room-at-the-wartburg-contained_828583.png) > [“Müntzer, like all utopianists, was divorced from reality and wished to be so divorced, thinking the reality of this world as something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/m-ntzer-like-all-utopianists-was-divorced-from-reality-and-wished-to/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/eric-metaxas-1651_luther_m-ntzer-like-all-utopianists-was-divorce_1915421.png) > [“Indeed, when Luther’s school-yard chum Hans Reinecke wrote to him of his father’s death, Luther wrote, “Seldom if ever have I despised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/indeed-when-luther-s-school-yard-chum-hans-reinecke-wrote-to-him-of/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea7/eric-metaxas-1651_death_indeed-when-luther-s-school-yard-chum-ha_2651311.png) > [“God was all powerful and omniscient, and he alone defined truth and indeed was truth. But he did not assert that power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/god-was-all-powerful-and-omniscient-and-he-alone-defined-truth-and/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/eric-metaxas-1651_first-love_god-was-all-powerful-and-omniscient-and_2754242.jpg) ## Other authors on Luther ## More by Eric Metaxas > [“If we believe miracles cannot happen today but happened to our distant ancestors, what we really seem to be saying is not that miracles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/if-we-believe-miracles-cannot-happen-today-but-happened-to-our/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [“(Bonhoeffer's) change was not an ungainly, embarrassing leap from which he would have to retreat slightly when he gained more maturity and perspective. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/bonhoeffer-s-change-was-not-an-ungainly-embarrassing-leap-from-which/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [Religious liberty is the salt and light that has made us the great nation we are in a whole number of ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/religious-liberty-is-the-salt-and-light-that-has-made-us-the-great/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [“But we know that true grace comes to us by costly sacrifice. And if God was willing to go to the cross and endure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/but-we-know-that-true-grace-comes-to-us-by-costly-sacrifice-and-if/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [Created in the awesome image of God, men and women know that life has a meaning beyond 'eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/created-in-the-awesome-image-of-god-men-and-women-know-that-life-has/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [I have no doubt, if people are really seeking the big questions, it will lead them to the Lord.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/i-have-no-doubt-if-people-are-really-seeking-the-big-questions-it/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [“human beings were taken from the earth and don’t just consist of thin air and thoughts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/human-beings-were-taken-from-the-earth-and-don-t-just-consist-of-thin/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [“If you board the wrong train it is no use running along the corridor in the opposite direction. —DIETRICH BONHOEFFER”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/if-you-board-the-wrong-train-it-is-no-use-running-along-the-corridor/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [“Some illustrations of the fine-tuning of our universe deal with the so-called four fundamental forces physicists talk about, and with which most laymen are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/some-illustrations-of-the-fine-tuning-of-our-universe-deal-with-the/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [“Many years later, after Niemöller had been imprisoned for eight years in concentration camps as the personal prisoner of Adolf Hitler, he penned these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/many-years-later-after-niem-ller-had-been-imprisoned-for-eight-years/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [Today, Wilberforce University welcomes many of America's poorest and most underserved populations and transforms their educational dreams into realities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/today-wilberforce-university-welcomes-many-of-america-s-poorest-and/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [“Although I know full well and hear every day that many people think little of me and say that I only write little pamphlets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/although-i-know-full-well-and-hear-every-day-that-many-people-think/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [“The line between courageous faith and foolish idealism is, almost by definition, one angstrom wide.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/the-line-between-courageous-faith-and-foolish-idealism-is-almost-by/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [Part of my life's thesis is that we live in a culture that has bought into the patently silly idea that there is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/part-of-my-life-s-thesis-is-that-we-live-in-a-culture-that-has-bought/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [God designed humans to live in community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/god-designed-humans-to-live-in-community/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/luther/eric-metaxas/#itemlist", "name": "4 Luther Quotes By Eric Metaxas", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Luther’s room at the Wartburg contained a tiled oven for warmth, a simple desk and chair, of which he made ample use, and one especially curious object, likely a gift from Frederick, via Spalatin, though any letter in which it is referenced has been lost. 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