Michael Edwards

“Thus the sum and substance of all doctrine is this, that we are not justified by any works, but that faith in Christ saves.”
― Martin Luther, Luther's Works, Volume 23 (Sermons on Gospel of St John Chapters 6-8) (Luther's Works

“Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its jagged edges.”
― Herman Melville, Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Uncompleted Writings

“What is meant by a 'pure heart' is this: one that is watching and pondering what God says and replacing its own ideas with the Word of God.”
― Martin Luther, Luther's Works, Volume 21

“Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy