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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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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We must worship in truth. Worship is not just an emotional exercise but a response of the heart built on truth about God. "The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth" (Psm. 145:18). Worship that is not based on God's Word is but an emotional encounter with oneself.
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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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It is not enough to do God's work; it must be done in His way and for His credit.
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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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A Christian life based on feeling is headed for a gigantic collapse.
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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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Christianity demands a level of caring that transcends human inclinations.
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You become stronger only when you become weaker. When you surrender your will to God, you discover the resources to do what God requires.
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Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and be a hero.
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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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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 response to temptation is an accurate barometer of our love for God.
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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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No matter how many pleasures Satan offers you, his ultimate intention is to ruin you. Your destruction is his highest priority.
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Keep in mind that when sin is viewed superficially, it is dealt with superficially.
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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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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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God loves the world. Go thou and do likewise.
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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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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.