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Christ ought to be preached with this goal in mind--that we might be moved to faith in him so that he is not just a distant historical figure but actually Christ for you and me.

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Martin Luther
Age: 62 †
Born: 1483
Born: November 10
Died: 1546
Died: February 18
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I'd rather see heaven crash from the skies than one grain of God's truth die.
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False preachers are worse than deflowerers of virgins.
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What would it matter if, for the sake of the Christian Church, one were to tell a big lie?
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The Devil, too, sometimes steals human children it is not infrequent for him to carry away infants within the first six weeks after birth, and to substitute in their place imps.
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If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.
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Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things.
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God doesn't slack his promises because of our sins or hasten them because of our righteousness. He pays no attention to either.
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Good works are the seals and proofs of faith for even as a letter must have a seal to strengthen the same, even so faith must have good works.
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Music must be supported by the king and the princes, for the maintenance of the arts is their duty no less than the maintenance of the laws.
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I put the Scriptures above all the sayings of the fathers, angels, men and devils. Here I take my stand.
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We may search long to find where God is, but we shall find Him in those who keep the words of Christ. For the Lord Christ saith, If any man love me, he will keep my words and we will make our abode with him.
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There are three conversions necessary (for the Christian life): the conversion of the heart, the mind, and the purse.
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The kingdom of God does not consist in talk, but in power, that is, in works and practice. God loves the 'doers of the word' in faith and love, and not the 'mere hearers,' who, like parrots, have learned to utter certain expressions with readiness.
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We need not invite the Devil to our table he is too ready to come without being asked. The air all about us is filled with demons.
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It is a tremendously hard thing to pray aright, yea, it is verily the science of all sciences.
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Sacred scripture tells us that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth.
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The Devil, it is true, is not exactly a doctor who has taken degrees, but he is very learned, very expert for all that. He has not been carrying on his business during thousands of years for nothing.
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Yes, I see the Church as the body of Christ. But, oh! How we have blemished and scarred that body through social neglect and through fear of being nonconformists.
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