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To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer. (Martin Luther)
Medicine makes people ill, mathematics make them sad and theology makes them sinful. View quote
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It is neither right nor safe to go against my conscience. View quote
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Forgiveness is God's command. View quote
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The truth of the matter is rather as Christ says, "He who is not with me is against me."... He does not say "He who is not with me is not against me either, but merely neutral. View quote
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I've got so much work to do today, I'd better spend two hours in prayer instead of one. View quote
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A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing. Our helper He amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing. View quote
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A lie is like a snow-ball; the longer it is rolled, the larger it is. View quote
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If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old. View quote
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Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable. View quote
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The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship. (Martin Luther)
Faith is a living, bold trust in God's grace, so certain of God's favor that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it. View quote
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The Holy Christian Church is the principal work of God. View quote
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We are aliens and in-laws; they are blood relatives, cousins, and brothers of our Lord. Therefore, if one is to boast of flesh and blood the Jews are actually nearer to Christ than we are. View quote
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It is an unsufferable blasphemy to reject the public ministry or to say that people can become holy without sermons and Church. View quote
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They are sinning against the Holy Spirit when they refuse to accept the rebuke of the preachers through whom he speaks. View quote
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Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. The gift of language combined with the gift of song was given to man that he should proclaim the Word of God through Music. View quote
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Pestis eram vivus... moriens tua mors ero - "Living, I was your plague... dying, I shall be your death. View quote
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On account of this personal union and communion of the natures, Mary, the most blessed virgin, did not conceive a mere, ordinary human being, but a human being who is truly the Son of the most high God, as the angel testifies. He demonstrated his divine majesty even in his mother's womb in that he was born of a virgin without violating her virginity. Therefore she is truly the mother of God and yet remained a virgin. View quote
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[On the Ninety-five Theses:]. View quote
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Ibid, WA, 39, II:107. (Martin Luther)
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing. View quote
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By God's grace, I know Satan very well. If Satan can turn God's Word upside down and pervert the Scriptures, what will he do with my words -- or the words of others? View quote
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When we are inclined to boast of our position [as Christians] we should remember that we are but Gentiles, while the Jews are of the lineage of Christ. We are aliens and in-laws; they are blood relatives, cousins, and brothers of our Lord. Therefore, if one is to boast of flesh and blood the Jews are actually nearer to Christ than we are. View quote
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It is an unsufferable blasphemy to reject the public ministry or to say that people can become holy without sermons and Church. This involves a destruction of the Church and rebellion against ecclesiastical order; such upheavals must be warded off and punished like all other revolts. View quote
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