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• Faith is the master, and reason the maid-servant.

  Martin Luther

  Faith, Maids, Reason

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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.

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  Christian, Cousin, Brother

  Martin Luther (1962). “The Christian in society”

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• Undoubtedly they do more and viler things than those which we know and discover

  Martin Luther

  Speech, Knows

  Martin Luther “On the Jews & Their Lies”, Gottfried & Fritz

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• ...Hope endures and overcomes misfortune and evil.

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  Evil, Overcoming, Anticipation

  Martin Luther (1848). “The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt”, p.146

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• The devil won't stay where there is music.

  Martin Luther

  Devil

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• They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet.

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  Stars, Trying, Fixed

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• Through faith we are restored to paradise and created anew. We have no need of works in order to be righteous; however, in order to avoid idleness and so that the body might be cared for an disciplined, works are done freely to please God.

  Martin Luther

  Order, Needs, Done

  Martin Luther (2012). “Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings”, p.864, Fortress Press

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• The Devil can so completely assume the human form, when he wants to deceive us, that we may well lie with what seems to be a woman, of real flesh and blood, and yet all the while 'tis only the Devil in the shape of a woman. 'Tis the same with women, who may think that a man is in bed with them, yet 'tis only the Devil; and...the result of this connection is oftentimes an imp of darkness, half mortal, half devil.

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  Religious, Lying, Real

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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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  Sky, Heaven, Crash

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• Take this to heart and doubt not that you are the one who killed Christ. Your sins certainly did, and when you see the nails driven through his hands, be sure that you are pondering, and when the thorns pierce his brow, know that they are your evil thoughts.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Jesus, Heart

  Martin Luther (1997). “Martin Luther's Easter Book”, p.82, Augsburg Books

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• Women should remain at home, sit still, and bear children.

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  Children, Home, Bears

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• It is as if a wolf devoured a sheep and the sheep were so powerful that it transformed the wolf and turned him into a sheep. So, when we eat Christ's flesh physically and spiritually, the food is so powerful that it transforms us.

  Martin Luther

  Powerful, Sheep, Flesh

  Martin Luther, Jaroslav Pelikan (1961). “Word and Sacrament”

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• Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God, your functional savior.

  Martin Luther

  Heart, Savior

  1529 Large Catechism,'The First Commandment'.

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• Faith is the 'yes' of the heart, a conviction on which one stakes one's life.

  Martin Luther

  Heart, Christianity, Christian Life

  Martin Luther (1959). “What Luther says: an anthology”, Concordia

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• At the last, when we die, we have the dear angels for our escort on the way. They who can grasp the whole world in their hands can surely also guard our souls, that they make that last journey safely.

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  Death, Angel, Journey

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• A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of Saint Thomas Aquinas, an unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal and natural law.

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  Men, Squares, Law

  Letter from a Birmingham Jail, www.africa.upenn.edu. April 16, 1963.

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• I can't keep the sparrows from flying around my head, but I can keep them from making a nest in my hair.

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  Life Changing, Hair, Flying

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• God wants to be praised for nourishing and cherishing, for He cherishes all creatures. He is not only the Creator, but He is also the Sustainer and Nourisher.

  Martin Luther

  Want, Evolution, Cherish

  "Luther's Works: Lectures on Genesis".

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• Whatever we make the most of is our God.

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• Divinity consists in use and practice, not in speculation.

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  Practice, Use, Divinity

  Martin Luther, Alexander Chalmers (1872). “The Table Talk of Martin Luther”, p.179

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• Christ and his word can hardly be recognized because of the great vermin of human ordinances. However, let this suffice for the time being on their lies against doctrine or faith.

  Martin Luther

  Lying, Doctrine, Christ

  "On the Jews and Their Lies". Book by Martin Luther, January 1543.

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• For God is not gracious and merciful to sinners to the end that they might not keep his Law, nor that they should remain as they were before they received grace and mercy; but he condones and forgives both sin and death for the sake of Christ, who has fulfilled the whole Law in order thereby to make the heart sweet and through the Holy Spirit to kindle and move the heart to begin to love from day to day more and more.

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  Sweet, Moving, Heart

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• All creatures are merely veils under which God hides Himself and deals with us.

  Martin Luther

  Veils, Deals, Creatures

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• Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.

  Martin Luther

  Education, Long, People

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• One thing, and only one thing, is necessary for Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is the most holy Word of God, the gospel of Christ.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Holy, Righteousness

  Martin Luther (2011). “Martin Luther: Selections From His Writing”, p.54, Anchor

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