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When Paul explained to them about the true God, “ ‘In him we live and move and have our own being’; as even some of your poets have said” (Acts 17:28), he was quoting from memory Epimenides of Crete of the seventh century B.C.
“I am well pleased with Thy will, whatever it is, or should be in all respects, and if Thou bidst me decide for myself in any affair, I would choose to refer all to Thee, for Thou art infinitely wise and cannot do amiss, as I am in danger of doing. I rejoice to think that all things are at Thy disposal, and it delights me to leave them there. Then prayer turns wholly into praise, and all I can do is to adore and bless Thee.”
― The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
― The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
“Grace is the promise that your heavenly Father remembers your sins no more.”
― The Art of Law and Gospel
― The Art of Law and Gospel
“Virtually the whole of the scriptures and the understanding of the whole of theology—the entire Christian life, even—depends upon the true understanding of the law and the gospel.”
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“Christianity did not begin with a group of people trying to remember and follow Jesus' teaching even though he was dead. It began with the belief that God had vindicated Jesus as the Messiah by raising him from the dead. This is why one would be completely mistaken to think that Jesus was a good teacher whose followers eventually developed a myth about his being the Son of God. There would be no Christian movement today if his original followers had not been convinced that he had really risen from the dead.”
― The Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask:
― The Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask:
“Good preachers...are effective teachers, good thinkers, with rhetorical skills, a good voice, a good memory, and the ability to recognize when to stop. They are diligent in their preparation, throwing heart and soul into their sermons, and they must be ready to take criticism. They should remember that they must patiently bear such criticism and dissatisfaction with their preaching. But above all, preachers must know that the Word of God has taken them captive and that God has called them to serve Him by proclaiming that Word.”
― Luther and the Stories of God: Biblical Narratives as a Foundation for Christian Living
― Luther and the Stories of God: Biblical Narratives as a Foundation for Christian Living
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