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
A faithful and good servant is a real godsend; but truly 't is a rare bird in the land
A good many observers have remarked that if equality could come at once, the Negro would not be ready for it. I submit that the white American is even more unprepared.
This is true faith, a living confidence in the goodness of God.
The two chief things are faith and love. Faith receives the good; love gives the good. Faith offers us God as our own; love gives us to our neighbor as his own.
It cannot, indeed, be denied, that a good man is more worthy of love than a bad one.
Many have been deceived by outward appearances and have proceeded to write and teach about good works and how they justify without even mentioning faith.... Wearying themselves with many works, they never come to righteousness.
We ought first to know that there are no good works except those which God has commanded, even as there is no sin except that which God has forbidden.
Good works are the seals and proofs of faith; for even as a letter must have a seal to strengthen the same, even so faith must have good works.
Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works.
Faith is a free surrenderand a joyous wager on the unseen, unknown, untested goodness of God.
If we esteem them too highly, good works can become the greatest idolatry.
There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.
Truly, if faith is there, the believer cannot hold back... he breaks out into good works.
A man cannot do good before he is made good.