I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist.
Forgiveness is God’s command.
Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.
First I shake the whole Apple tree, that the ripest might fall. Then I climb the tree and shake each limb, and then each branch and then each twig, and then I look under each leaf.
For all works and things, which are either commanded or forbidden by God and thus have been instituted by the supreme Majesty, are ‘musts.’ Nevertheless, no one should be dragged to them or away from them by the hair, for I can drive no man to heaven or beat him into it with a club.
Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge.
Thus, dear friends, I have said it clearly enough, and I believe you ought to understand it and not make liberty a law...
If God had not permitted the people of Jerusalem to be torn asunder and driven them from the land, but had let them keep it after before, no one could convince them that they are not God’s chosen people.
I see a word that hates evil more than it loves good.
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.
Thus every matter, if it is to be done well, calls for the attention of the whole person.
Each betrayal begins with trust.
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.
The priest is not made. He must be born a priest; must inherit his office. I refer to the new birth-the birth of water and the Spirit. Thus all Christians must became priests, children of God and co-heirs with Christ the Most High Priest.
Every evening brings us nearer God.
I should have no compassion on these witches; I should burn them all.
A great variety of reading confuses and does not teach. It makes the student like a man who dwells everywhere and, therefore, nowhere in particular.
Someone asked Luther, “Do you feel that you’ve been forgiven?” He answered, “No, but I’m as sure As there’s a God in Heaven!”
Mary was not only holy. She was also the mother of the Lord.
Our faith is an astounding thing-astounding that I should believe him to be the Son of God who is suspended on the cross, whom I have never seen, with whom I have never become acquainted.