--- title: "15 Lutheran Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 15 Lutheran quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Lutheran sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d94/n-d-wilson-2571_funny_nietzsche-a-weak-but-strongly-mustachioe_1470121.png" --- > [“Nietzsche- a weak but strongly mustachioed, Lutheran Pastor's son.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/nietzsche-a-weak-but-strongly-mustachioed-lutheran-pastor-s-son/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d94/n-d-wilson-2571_funny_nietzsche-a-weak-but-strongly-mustachioe_1470121.png) > [I am a Lutheran astrologer, I throw away the nonsense and keep the hard kernel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-kepler/i-am-a-lutheran-astrologer-i-throw-away-the-nonsense-and-keep-the/) [Johannes Kepler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-kepler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faf/johannes-kepler-4278_astrologer_i-am-a-lutheran-astrologer-i-throw-away_333543.png) > [I am a cheerful man, even in the dark, and it's all thanks to a good Lutheran mother. . . . Mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/i-am-a-cheerful-man-even-in-the-dark-and-it-s-all-thanks-to-a-good/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/463/garrison-keillor-1037_cheer_i-am-a-cheerful-man-even-in-the-dark-and_2513995.jpg) > [“Laws requiring a certain frequency of church attendance, the taking of Communion, and baptism of infants soon appeared all across the Lutheran…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-stark/laws-requiring-a-certain-frequency-of-church-attendance-the-taking-of/) [Rodney Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-stark/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/rodney-stark-7977_church-attendance_laws-requiring-a-certain-frequency-of-ch_119787.jpg) > [“Lutheran spirituality begins with the insight that all human effort to reach God is futile. The will, to use Luther’s term, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-edward-veith-jr/lutheran-spirituality-begins-with-the-insight-that-all-human-effort/) [Gene Edward Veith Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-edward-veith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3aa/gene-edward-veith-jr-30940_moral-law_lutheran-spirituality-begins-with-the-in_1209527.jpg) > [My parents are pretty religious, devout, but did they force it on me? No, I don't think so. I still think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-schaal/my-parents-are-pretty-religious-devout-but-did-they-force-it-on-me-no/) [Kristen Schaal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-schaal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/kristen-schaal-9687_catholic_my-parents-are-pretty-religious-devout-b_1193726.png) > [“If Lutheranism is to be Lutheran, we must recapture our comfort level with the catholic shape of our identity and this means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-lutheranism-is-to-be-lutheran-we-must-recapture-our-comfort-level/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd6/anonymous-1_life_if-lutheranism-is-to-be-lutheran-we-must_1125220.jpg) > [My grandfather was the minister at the Lutheran church. My dad owned a car dealership in town. My mom was the consummate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-carlson/my-grandfather-was-the-minister-at-the-lutheran-church-my-dad-owned-a/) [Gretchen Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-carlson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/333/gretchen-carlson-3666_car_my-grandfather-was-the-minister-at-the-l_1479378.jpg) > [“A Lutheran church in Nebraska is typically a place where any mad passion for Christ is politely concealed. Men and women recite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-schaffert/a-lutheran-church-in-nebraska-is-typically-a-place-where-any-mad/) [Timothy Schaffert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-schaffert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ef/timothy-schaffert-37781_holy-spirit_a-lutheran-church-in-nebraska-is-typical_2792115.jpg) > [“The Kingdom of God is a tricky concept, and I was always taught it referred to our heavenly reward for being good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/the-kingdom-of-god-is-a-tricky-concept-and-i-was-always-taught-it/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eee/nadia-bolz-weber-15054_bible_the-kingdom-of-god-is-a-tricky-concept-a_153427.jpg) > [“The Pelagianizing Romanist says, Lust, or concupiscence, brings forth sin, therefore it cannot be sin, because the mother cannot be the child.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-porterfield-krauth/the-pelagianizing-romanist-says-lust-or-concupiscence-brings-forth/) [Charles Porterfield Krauth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-porterfield-krauth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/charles-porterfield-krauth-908_children_the-pelagianizing-romanist-says-lust-or_1844612.jpg) > [“Since in fact liturgical traditions, vestments, church vessels, etc., were immediately removed wherever Calvinism infiltrated or Reformed ideas even gained influence in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-walter-zeeden/since-in-fact-liturgical-traditions-vestments-church-vessels-etc-were/) [Ernst Walter Zeeden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-walter-zeeden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/ernst-walter-zeeden-194583_liturgy_since-in-fact-liturgical-traditions-vest_287335.jpg) > [“God once spoke through the mouth of an ass. I will tell you straight what I think. I am a Christian theologian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-once-spoke-through-the-mouth-of-an-ass-i-will-tell-you-straight/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/martin-luther-106_christianity_god-once-spoke-through-the-mouth-of-an-a_1096824.jpg) > [“In our Lutheran Church, with her deep, significant and inspiring doctrine of this holy Sacrament, with her solemn and searching preparatory service,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-h-gerberding/in-our-lutheran-church-with-her-deep-significant-and-inspiring/) [G.H. Gerberding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-h-gerberding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/g-h-gerberding-36625_holy-communion_in-our-lutheran-church-with-her-deep-sig_876529.jpg) > [“It is the distinctive position of the Reformation with which, over against Rome, it stands or falls, that that which properly constitutes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-porterfield-krauth/it-is-the-distinctive-position-of-the-reformation-with-which-over/) [Charles Porterfield Krauth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-porterfield-krauth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/charles-porterfield-krauth-908_doctrine_it-is-the-distinctive-position-of-the-re_2688647.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lutheran/#itemlist", "name": "Lutheran Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Nietzsche- a weak but strongly mustachioed, Lutheran Pastor's son.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "N.D. 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We reply, Concupiscence brings forth sin, therefore it must be sin, because child and mother must have the same nature. 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Henceforth, therefore, the celebration of an emphatically liturgical service was among the visible signs by which the Lutheran character of confession was demonstrated outwardly.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ernst Walter Zeeden" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-walter-zeeden/since-in-fact-liturgical-traditions-vestments-church-vessels-etc-were/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/ernst-walter-zeeden-194583_liturgy_since-in-fact-liturgical-traditions-vest_287335.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/ernst-walter-zeeden-194583_liturgy_since-in-fact-liturgical-traditions-vest_287335.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/ernst-walter-zeeden-194583_liturgy_since-in-fact-liturgical-traditions-vest_287335.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Since in fact liturgical traditions, vestments, church vessels, etc., were immediately removed wherever…” — Ernst Walter Zeeden", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“God once spoke through the mouth of an ass. I will tell you straight what I think. I am a Christian theologian and I am bound not only to assert, but to defend the truth with my blood and death. I want to believe freely and be a slave to the authority of no one, of a council, a university, or pope. 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Jews may become Christians, but then they are no longer Jews in religion. A Manichean man, or Manichean Church, might become Catholic, but then they would be Manichean no more. A Romish Church is Romish; a Pelagian Church is Pelagian; a Socinian Church is Socinian, though they call themselves Protestant, Evangelical, or Trinitarian. If the whole nominally Lutheran Church on earth should repudiate the Lutheran doctrine, that doctrine would remain as really Lutheran as it ever was. A man, or body of men, may cease to be Lutherans, but a doctrine which is Lutheran once, is Lutheran forever. 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