Erwin W. Lutzer Quotes
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Milk many cows but make your own butter.
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Faith is only as good as the object in which it is placed.
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The man who commits immorality does so because he thinks it will maximize pleasure if he can minimize the pain by keeping it secret.
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To those who say that they are Christian and gay, what we must keep in mind is that absent in that kind of lifestyle is a call to holiness, a call to celibacy and integrity. Obviously, it is a capitulation toward one's desires and the sexual sins that the Bible so strongly condemns.
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We must distinguish between genes that cause physical characteristics, like the color of your eyes or hair, over which you have no control, and what we could call 'behavioral dispositions'. We are responsible for our behavior, no matter what those dispositions are.
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Mass communication can aid in personal evangelism and the development of Christians, but it cannot be a substitute for the world seeing the truth lived through us.
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Those who give much without sacrifice are reckoned as having given little.
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Temptation is God's magnifying glass; it shows us how much work he has left to do in our lives.
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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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Are we as willing to go into debt for the work of God as we are for a vacation to Hawaii?
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Thank God for the way He made you. You are special, distinct, and unique. You were not made from a common mold. Thank Him that you are special.
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I think that as Christians we need to walk the delicate balance between standing in opposition to same-sex marriages and yet showing that we can do that without becoming angry or hateful.
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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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There are no shortcuts to spiritual maturity. It takes time to be holy.
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Often the doorway to success is entered through the hallway of failure.
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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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Men look for better methods, but God looks for better men.
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God does not make our choices easier because temptation is his character development curriculum.
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Children who are brought up with one parent or another parent or shared parenthood, when there has been a divorce and hatred within families, it breeds a tremendous amount of instability in the life of a child. And many of these children end up in the homosexual movement. Even if they don't, they take so much baggage into their marriages, that they are unable sometimes, at least theoretically unable, to stand against all of the cultural forces that would disrupt them and their families.
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Worship is not an external activity precipitated by the right environment. To worship in spirit is to draw near to God with an undivided heart. We must come in full agreement without hiding anything or disregarding His will.
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The work that God does in us when we wait is usually more important than the thing for which we wait!
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If Melanchthon were alive today, he might not weep because of controversies that surround the Lord's Supper, but he might well sorrow because of our indifference to its meaning and importance.
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God in His sovereign goodness often uses the painful and at times debilitating injury of a spear thrower to make us readier for His service. ... One thing you discover about spear throwers is that though it’s not necessary for them to be good, it’s essential for them to appear good.
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There is more grace in God's heart than there is sin in your past.