We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
To worship God in spirit is the service and homage of the heart, and implies fear of God and trust in Him. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the man to God, love brings him to men. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Injury is done to the Word of God when, in the same sermon, an equal or larger amount of time is devoted… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The Holy Ghost has called me by the gospel and illuminated me with his gifts and sanctified and preserved me in the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I would not have preachers torment their hearers, and detain them with long and tedious preaching. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
He who is well acquainted with the text of scripture, is a distinguished theologian. For a Bible passage or text is of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“The world bears the Gospel a grudge because the Gospel condemns the religious wisdom of the world.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“The Law terrorizes the conscience. The Law reveals the wrath and judgment of God. The Gospel does not threaten. The Gospel announces… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Wherefore it ought to be the first concern of every Christian to lay aside all confidence in works and increasingly to strengthen… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The believing man hath the Holy Ghost; and where the Holy Ghost dwelleth, He will not suffer a man to be idle,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Christ will remain a priest and king; though He was never consecrated by any papist bishop or greased by any of those… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Thus the Turks also regard us as damned because of the disasters and troubles we endure. But they promise themselves eternal happiness… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The gospel cannot be preached and heard enough, for it cannot be grasped well enough ... Moreover, our greatest task is to… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“PRAYER O God, our merciful Father in heaven, fill our hearts with patience under the cross, strengthen our faith, and so govern… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Look to it that you do not try to do all of it, do not try to do too much, lest your… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
This letter [to the Romans] is truly the most important piece in the New Testament. It is purest Gospel. It is well… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“you have quite dampened by spirit and eagerness, and left me exhausted before I could strike a blow. There are two reasons… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Some pastors are lazy and no good” by Martin Luther “Some pastors and preachers are lazy and no good. They rely on… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
In Romans 7, St. Paul says, "The law is spiritual." What does that mean? If the law were physical, then it could… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“We are so blind that we run to God with physical ailments and needs, but for illnesses of the soul we run… — 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
The Bible is the book that makes fools of the wise of this world; it is only understood by the plain and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
He that will maintain that man's free will is able to do or work anything in spiritual cases, be they never so… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If you preach the gospel in all aspects with the exception of the issues which deal specifically with your time, you are… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The two chief things are faith and love. Faith receives the good; love gives the good. Faith offers us God as our… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The gospel cannot be preached and heard enough, for it cannot be grasped well enough. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“God the Father has made everything to depend on faith, so that whosoever has it has all things, and he who has… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Christianity can be summed up in the two terms faith and love...receiving from above [faith] and giving out below [love]. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“And if what they claim were true, why have Holy Scripture at all? Of what use is Scripture?” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Good works are the seals and proofs of faith; for even as a letter must have a seal to strengthen the same,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The certain mark by which a Christian community can be recognized is the preaching of the gospel in its purity. — 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
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
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
“God made man out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.” — Martin Luther Copy Share
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
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
“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
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
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
“For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28” — Martin Luther Copy Share
Antichrist is the pope and the Turk [Muslim] together. A beast full of life must have a body and soul. The spirit or soul… — Martin Luther Copy Share
It is not the imitation that makes sons; it is sonship that makes imitators. — Martin Luther Copy Share