“It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church.”
― Martin Luther
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“It is neither right nor safe to go against my conscience.”
― Martin Luther
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“Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying..”
― Martin Luther
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“many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.”
― Martin Luther
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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
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“Whoever wants to be a Christian should tear the eyes out of his reason.”
― Martin Luther
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“False preachers are worse than deflowerers of virgins.”
― Martin Luther
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“A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject of all, subject to all.”
― Martin Luther |
“He who loves not wine, women and song remains a fool his whole life long.”
― Martin Luther
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“The fewer the words, the better the prayer.”
― Martin Luther
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“Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding. ”
― Martin Luther
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“Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.”
― Martin Luther
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“Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God, your functional savior. ”
― Martin Luther
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“God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.”
― Martin Luther
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“The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn.”
― Martin Luther
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“Great thieves go Scott-free, as the Pope and his crew.”
― Martin Luther
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“No great saint lived without errors.”
― Martin Luther
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“If you want to interpret well and confidently, set Christ before you, for He is the man to whom it all applies, every bit of it.”
― Martin Luther
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“This is the most dangerous trial of all, when there is no trial and every thing goes well; for then a man is tempted to forget God, to become too bold and to misuse times of prosperity.”
― Martin Luther
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“People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions. ”
― Martin Luther
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“Faith is a living, unshakable confidence in God's grace; it is so certain that someone would die a thousand times for it.”
― Martin Luther
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