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
We are at fault for not slaying them (the Jews)
Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in moral excellence. I want you to be the first in generosity.
Normal fear protects us; abnormal fear paralyses us. Normal fear motivates us to improve our individual and collective welfare; abnormal fear constantly poisons and distorts our inner lives. Our problem is not to be rid of fear but, rather to harness and master it.
Every [person] of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits [his or her] convictions, but we must all protest.
Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation.
Is is always time to do the right thing.
Rioting is not revolutionary.
Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.
Love is an image of God, and not a lifeless image, but the living essence of the divine nature which beams full of all goodness.
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
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.
The bible is the cradle that holds the Christ, without him it is nothing more than wood and straw.