William Kintner > William's Quotes

“If I profess with loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except that little point which the world and the Devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved, and to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point.”
― Martin Luther

“many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.”
― Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

“The gospel cannot be truly preached without offense and tumult.”
― Martin Luther, The Table Talk of Martin Luther

“When God's righteousness is mentioned in the gospel, it is God's action of declaring righteous the unrighteous sinner who has faith in Jesus Christ. The righteousness by which a person is justified (declared righteous) is not his own but that of another, Christ.”
― Martin Luther

“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.”
― Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

“Here I stand, I can do no other, God help me. Amen!”
― Martin Luther, Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses

“God made man out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.”
― Martin Luther

“One learns more of Christ in being married and rearing children than in several lifetimes spent in study in a monastery.”
― Martin Luther

“Maternity is a glorious thing, since all mankind has been conceived, born, and nourished of women. All human laws should encourage the multiplication of families.”
― Martin Luther

“No great saint lived without errors.”
― Martin Luther, The Table Talk of Martin Luther