Martin Luther
Martin Luther
Martin Luther; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. Luther came to reject several teachings and practices of the Late Medieval Catholic Church. He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money, proposing an academic discussion of the practice and efficacy of indulgences in his Ninety-five Theses of 1517. His refusal to renounce all of his...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth10 November 1483
CityEisleben, Germany
CountryGermany
This is the reason why our Theology is certain: because it seizes us from ourselves and places us outside ourselves.
A dairymaid can milk cows to the glory of God
I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.
Beer is made by men, wine by God.
It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church.
Faith is a free surrenderand a joyous wager on the unseen, unknown, untested goodness of God.
I have so much to do today, I'll need to spend another hour on my knees.
I'll trust in God's unchanging Word, till soul and body sever. For though all things pass away, His Word shall stand forever.
The bible is the cradle that holds the Christ, without him it is nothing more than wood and straw.
The truth is mightier than eloquence, the Spirit greater than genius, faith more than education.
At Sussen, the Devil carried off, last Good Friday, three grooms who had devoted themselves to him.
No one may forsake their neighbors when they are in trouble. Everybody is under obligation to help and support their neighbors as they would themselves like to be helped.
He that has but one word of God before him, and out of that word cannot make a sermon, can never be a preacher.
Those who turn proud when their praise is sounded, who seek their own glory, not Christ's, or those who are moved by slanders and by infamy, had better leave the ministry of the Word.