The signs of the times clearly indicate that there is no security for the Church save in maintaining the Apostolic faith and spirit—not the one without the other, but the one with the other.

“When you and I surrendered to Jesus as Lord, we did not offer Him the services of a divine, or even semi-divine creature to strengthen His kingdom; we offer Him the fragile, temporary, mortal, frail life that He has first given to us. That is all we have to offer.
'For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust' (Ps. 103:14)”
― Zeal without Burnout
'For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust' (Ps. 103:14)”
― Zeal without Burnout

“The Jews supposed that the Messiah would be the sovereign of the world. In reality, He was to become the Savior of the world.”
― Luther's Works, Volume 22
― Luther's Works, Volume 22
“We must not allow ourselves to slip into a false spirituality that treats our bodily existence as if it can be separated from our so-called "spiritual" life -- as if our spiritual life carries on quite independently from what is happening to our bodies.”
― Zeal without Burnout
― Zeal without Burnout
“Who understands the thrill of seeing the first bright flowers of spring so clearly as one who has just lived through the long, hard winter?”
― Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II
― Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II

“The Sermon on the Mount proves that sin is a condition of our inmost being; although our sinful nature is atoned for in the cross and our failures freely forgiven, we must never willingly cultivate habits that Scripture condemns.”
― Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature
― Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature
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