Martin Luther Quotes
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It was with good reason that God commanded through Moses that the vineyard and harvest were not to be gleaned to the last grape or grain; but something to be left for the poor. For covetousness is never to be satisfied; the more it has, the more it wants. Such insatiable ones injure themselves, and transform God's blessings into evil.
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It cannot, indeed, be denied, that a good man is more worthy of love than a bad one.
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Peter erred in life and in doctrine. Paul might have dismissed Peter's error as a matter of no consequence. But Paul saw that Peter's error would lead to the damage of the whole Church unless it were corrected. Therefore he withstood Peter to his face. The Church, Peter, the apostles, angels from heaven, are not to be heard unless they teach the genuine Word of God.
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When the gospel flourishes in the church, everything flourishes with it.
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Without images we can neither think nor understand anything.
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At the last, when we die, we have the dear angels for our escort on the way. They who can grasp the whole world in their hands can surely also guard our souls, that they make that last journey safely.
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The Devil has a great advantage against us inasmuch as he has a strong bastion and bulwark against us in our own flesh and blood.
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A faithful and good servant is a real godsend; but truly 'tis a rare bird in the land.
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It is necessary to understand that Black Power is a cry of disappointment. The Black Power slogan did not spring full grown from the head of some philosophical Zeus. It was born from the wounds of despair and disappointment. It is a cry of daily hurt and persistent pain.
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The only saving faith is that which casts itself on God for life or death.
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We ought first to know that there are no good works except those which God has commanded, even as there is no sin except that which God has forbidden.
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Before every great opportunity God gave me a great trial.
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The Bible is the book that makes fools of the wise of this world; it is only understood by the plain and simple hearted.
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One thing, and only one thing, is necessary for Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is the most holy Word of God, the gospel of Christ.
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The law of God cannot be fulfilled by external obedience.
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Nothing is easier than sinning.
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Music is the 5th gospel.
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So great are the effectiveness and power of the Word of God that the more it is persecuted the more it flourishes and grows.
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How often have not the demons called 'Nix,' drawn women and girls into the water, and there had commerce with them, with fearful consequences.
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Medicine makes people ill, mathematics make them sad and theology makes them sinful.
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A wicked tyrant is better than a wicked war.
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Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how they believe, live and teach.
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An armed insurrection ... would hinder and bring into disrepute this spiritual insurrection.
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We should throw the Epistle of James out of this school.