Freedom Quote by Ross Douthat

“the history of Protestantism is very great. It presents like no other of Luther's writings the central thought of Christianity, the justification of the…

— Martin Luther

“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

“The otherworldliness of the Christian life ought, Luther concluded, to be manifested in the very midst of the world, in the Christian community and…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Martin Luther declares that the life of the Christian should be one of daily repentance. Daily we confess, daily we repent, daily we “turn,…

— Richard J. Foster

“From a psychological perspective, no Christian construct in Luther’s time was as specifically therapeutic for obsessions and compulsions as that which he discovered. Only…

— Ian Osborn

“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

I have a hard time picturing several aspects of the modern world without Luther.

— Martin E. Marty

“Lutheran spirituality begins with the insight that all human effort to reach God is futile. The will, to use Luther’s term, is in bondage—not…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“We cannot separate the water from the Word. We would not dare to baptize with water without the Word. In the words of Luther,…

— G.H. Gerberding

“Luther’s point was that, according to Scripture, salvation is not a bake sale:”

— Sarah Vowell

“Luther looks at all the jobs that are out there and he says, “These are the masks of God, behind which He wants to…

— Timothy Keller

“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