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“Luther argues that when we fail to believe that God accepts us fully in Christ, and look to some other way to justify or…

— Timothy Keller

“Luther’s breakthrough had a dazzling, corrosive simplicity to it. The power of those twin principles, “faith alone” and “Scripture alone,” lay in the word…

— Alec Ryrie

“Luther argued that freedom from sin through Christ’s grace encouraged and inspired Christians to perform good works out of immense gratitude and love for…

— Michelle DeRusha

“The key, Luther finally realized, was that God’s love and grace were not merited, but freely given and freely received through faith alone.”

— Michelle DeRusha

“Once the Lutheran churches were secure, Luther, like most other leaders of the Reformations, believed in freedom of conscience only for those who agreed…

— Rodney Stark

“What accounts for Luther's behavior? One things is certain: Whatever defense mechanisms normal people have to mute the accusing voice of conscience, Luther was…

— R.C. Sproul

“I remember the words of Luther, that reading, prayer, and temptation are necessary to strengthen, and to purify the talents of a minister.”

— Christmas Evans

Luther deters me from solitariness; but he does not mean from a sober solitude that rallies our scattered strengths and prepares us against any…

— Francis Atterbury

“Take courage and confess your sin, says Luther, do not try to run away from it, but believe more boldly still. You are a…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Was Luther crazy? Perhaps. But if he was, our prayer is that God would send to this earth an epidemic of such insanity that…

— Anonymous

“The Gotha sermon takes us closer than any other testimony to the religious despair and overwhelming sinfulness that Luther felt as a monk. And…

— Lyndal Roper

“These are Luther’s own words: I greatly longed to understand Paul’s Epistle to the Romans and nothing stood in the way but that one…

— Roland H. Bainton