Erwin W. Lutzer Quotes
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Money is emphasized in Scripture simply because our temptation to love it is inexplicably powerful.
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God does not make our choices easier because temptation is his character development curriculum.
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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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Winning the world to Christ means winning individuals.
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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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Make no mistake about the intention of these secularists: It is to discredit the voice of Christians so that America will tolerate only one view.
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Emotional peace and calm come after doing God's will and not before.
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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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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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Prayer, desperate prayer, seems so simple, but it’s a step rarely taken by those in family conflict.
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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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The most important part of us is the part that no one ever sees.
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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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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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Satan exploits pain by making it the central focus of the man’s or woman’s thoughts and attitudes.
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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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Every time we love, we increase our capacity to be hurt.
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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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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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We cannot say no to temptation without saying yes to something far better.