Erwin W. Lutzer Quotes
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In salvation, God both declares us guilty and pays our debt. Only he can satisfy his own requirements. A savior less than God would be disqualified; God must do it himself.
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Worship is not just an emotional exercise but a response of the heart built on truth about God.
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The ability to make judgments lies at the heart of Christian living. Unless we are able to judge doctrine, lifestyles, and entertainment, unless we are able to distinguish between outer appearance and inner character, we just might miss the purpose for which God placed us on this earth. We might end up accepting a stone for bread and a snake for a fish.
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We need a broad-based coalition that is way beyond the bounds of Christianity to be able to help people to understand that there is a groundswell of support for the marriage amendment and for opposition to same-sex marriages.
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God has a program of character development for each of us. He wants others to look at our lives and say, He walks with God, for he lives like Christ.
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It is not enough to do God's work; it must be done in His way and for His credit.
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Someone has said that the marks of a strong church are wet eyes, bent knees, and a broken heart. We'll never be powerful until we let God be God and jealously guard His honor.
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Everything that God brings into our life is directed to one purpose: that we might be conformed to the image of Christ.
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Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and bea hero; better to be content with poverty than to die a slave towealth; better to have taken some risks and lost than to havedone nothing and succeeded at it.
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There is a clear intent to keep Christian thinking out of the mainstream of the media and the nation's political life.
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Our brothers and sisters in Muslim countries can't celebrate Christmas-or any aspect of their faith-openly for fear of persecution and death. And yet we, with all our freedoms, often choose to make Christmas a celebration of commercialism!
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God loves the world. Go thou and do likewise.
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Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and be a hero.
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Christianity demands a level of caring that transcends human inclinations.
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Keep in mind that when sin is viewed superficially, it is dealt with superficially.
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Each temptation leaves us better or worse; neutrality is impossible.
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When the mask of self-righteousness has been torn from us and we stand stripped of all our accustomed defenses, we are candidates for God's generous grace.
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People do not have a constitutional right to be married any more than we could say that someone has a constitutional right to a driver's license. You either meet the requirements or you don't. In the case of marriage, homosexuals do not meet the requirements of marriage.
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Our response to temptation is an accurate barometer of our love for God.
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Forgiveness is always free. But that doesn't mean that confession is always easy. Sometimes it is hard. Incredibly hard. It is painful to admit our sins and entrust ourselves to God's care.
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If we haven't learned to be worshipers it doesn't really matter how well we do anything else. Worship changes us or it has not been worship. To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.
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The activities we do for God are secondary. God is looking for people who long for communication with Him.
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A Christian life based on feeling is headed for a gigantic collapse.
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Milk many cows but make your own butter.