Erwin W. Lutzer Quotes
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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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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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Men look for better methods, but God looks for better men.
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Don't ever think that there are many ways to the Divine. Jesus is the one qualified mediator, the only qualified sacrifice, and the only qualified savior.
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Money is emphasized in Scripture simply because our temptation to love it is inexplicably powerful.
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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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To make sure our convictions, views, and assumptions about our Creator stay based on biblical truth and not on popular consensus, we must continually check what we believe against the Scriptures.
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Winning the world to Christ means winning individuals.
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If there is one single reason why good people turn evil, it is because they fail to recognize God’s ownership over their kingdom, their vocation, their resources, their abilities, and above all their lives.
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Thanksgiving for God’s faithfulness in our pain is the indisputable proof that we believe God is a part of our pain.
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Emotional peace and calm come after doing God's will and not before.
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Prayer, desperate prayer, seems so simple, but it’s a step rarely taken by those in family conflict.
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The most important part of us is the part that no one ever sees.
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Only those who see themselves as utterly destitute can fully appreciate the grace of God.
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How do you know you have a servant's heart? Look at your reaction when you are treated like one.
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Temptation is not a sin; it is a call to battle.
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Within evangelicalism is a distressing drift toward accepting a Christianity that does not demand a life-changing walk with God. Many evangelicals (today) do not realize that the church has always been an island of righteousness in a sea of paganism, but as a result they turned the world upside-down.
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Paul taught that religions evolved because man did not honor the true God. Because of rebellion, they "exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of the corruptible man and birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures." One characteristic of idolatry is that it always confuses the creature with the creator.
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There is more grace in God's heart than there is sin in your past.
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Satan exploits pain by making it the central focus of the man’s or woman’s thoughts and attitudes.
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Only eternal values can give meaning to temporal ones. Time must be the servant of eternity.
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Spiritual maturity is marked by being comfortable with the unpredictability of God.
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Every time we love, we increase our capacity to be hurt.
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We cannot say no to temptation without saying yes to something far better.