I would not have preachers torment their hearers, and detain them with long and tedious preaching. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If I could today become king or emperor, I would not give up my office as preacher. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A preacher should have the skill to teach the unlearned simply roundly, and plainly; for teaching is of more importance than exhorting. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
He that has but one word of God before him, and out of that word cannot make a sermon, can never be… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
what the situation will be like in the world before the Lord returns, namely, Christ will be despised, and the preachers of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The first duty of the gospel preacher is to declare God's law and to show the nature of sin. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
For who in fact seeks the salvation of souls through indulgences, and not instead money for his coffers? This is evident from… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I have many times essayed thoroughly to investigate the ten commandments, but at the very outset, "I am the Lord thy God,"… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I have always loved music; whoso has skill in this art, is of a good temperament, fitted for all things. We must… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one sermon. A preacher should have three principles: first,… — 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
