“Prayer is not a tool of faith by which we control His control over our lives. Rather, it is the conversation God began with us when He established a relationship with us in Baptism.”
― Pastoral Care Under the Cross: God in the Midst of Suffering
― Pastoral Care Under the Cross: God in the Midst of Suffering
“Thus the sum and substance of all doctrine is this, that we are not justified by any works, but that faith in Christ saves.”
― Luther's Works, Volume 23 (Sermons on Gospel of St John Chapters 6-8) (Luther's Works
― Luther's Works, Volume 23 (Sermons on Gospel of St John Chapters 6-8) (Luther's Works
“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
“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
“In all of Holy Writ we find not a single instance of adoration of the patriarchs, the prophets, and apostles - much less of St. George and St. Barbara, who probably never existed, and of the other saints who created by the pope, like St. Francis and St. Dominic, about whom no one knows anything with certainty. But even if we were to concede that they were full of grace, they would still be unable to impart any of it to me.”
― Luther's Works, Volume 22
― Luther's Works, Volume 22
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