Whoever wants to be a Christian should tear the eyes out of his reason. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Grace is given to heal the spiritually sick, not to decorate spiritual heroes — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The article of justification is fragile. Not in itself, of course, but in us. I know how quickly a person can forfeit… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Now the church is not wood and stone, but the company of people who believe in Christ. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“The Church must run the risk of dilution rather than leave the state to the cold light of reason, unwarmed by tenderness.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The Holy Spirit is no Skeptic, & the things He has written in our hearts are not doubts or opinions, but assertions… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Let every man recognize what he is, and be certain that we are all equally priests, that is, we have the same… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Even like as St. Paul was converted, just so are all others converted; for we all resist God, but the Holy Ghost… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If Church history teaches us anything, it is that we cannot afford to be a vacillating Church. We minister to a people… — 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
“In my heart reigns this one article, faith in my dear Lord Christ, the beginning, middle and end of whatever spiritual and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The Holy Spirit is no skeptic. He has written neither doubt nor mere opinion into our hearts, but rather solid assurances, which… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The Bible is the proper book for men. There the truth is distinguished from error far more clearly than anywhere else, and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
We believe that the very beginning and end of salvation, and the sum of Christianity, consists of faith in Christ, who by… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The heavenly blessing is to be delivered from the law, sin and death; to be justified and quickened to life: to have… — 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
“faith is a free work to which no one can be forced. Heresy is a spiritual matter and cannot be prevented by… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“When some people say, as they do, that when we preach faith alone good works are forbidden, it is as if I… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Where faith is not continually kept in motion and exercised, it weakens and decreases, so that it must indeed vanish; and yet… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The confidence and faith of the heart alone make both God and an idol. If your faith and trust be right, then… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
At the center of the Christian faith is the affirmation that there is a God in the universe who is the ground… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Since then your sere Majesty and your Lordships seek a simple answer, I will give it in this manner, neither horned nor… — 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
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
God our Father has made all things depend on faith so that whoever has faith will have everything, and whoever does not… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Not only the words (vocabula) which the Holy Spirit and Scripture use are divine, but also the phrasing — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I have undertaken to translate the Bible into German. This was good for me; otherwise I might have died in the mistaken… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ never died for our good works. They were not worth dying for. But he gave himself for our sins, according… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
It is impossible to separate works from faith- yea, just as impossible as to separate burning and shining from fire. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
When God works in us, the will, being changed and sweetly breathed upon by the Spirit of God, desires and acts, not… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the way of the Sacramentarians, nor sat in the seat of the Zwinglians,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
It is a miracle how God has so long preserved His Book! How great and glorious it is to have the Word… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“a right faith in Christ is an incomparable treasure, carrying with it universal salvation and preserving from all evil,” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The church that preaches the gospel in all of its fullness, except as it applies to the great social ills of the… — 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
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