Bible Quote by Rodney Stark

“Beginning with the Psalms and continuing with Romans, Galatians, and Hebrews, Luther dug into Scripture, and it was these years of study, exegesis, writing,…

— 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

“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

“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

“Martin Luther described the doctrine of justification by faith as articulus stantis vel cadentis ecclesiae—the article of faith that decides whether the church is…

— James Robert White

“Luther’s early position proclaimed that everyone, including “the humble miller’s maid, nay, a child of nine,” could interpret the Bible.  However, as Christianity began…

— James M. Seghers

“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

“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 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

“God was all powerful and omniscient, and he alone defined truth and indeed was truth. But he did not assert that power in a…

— Eric Metaxas

“Martin Luther. And though this world with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us; We will not fear, for God has willed His truth…

— Mark Hitchcock

“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