At the center of the Christian faith is the affirmation that there is a God in the universe who is the ground and essence of all reality. A Being of infinite love and boundless power, God is the creator, sustainer, and conserver of values....In contrast to the ethical relativism of [totalitarianism], Christianity sets forth a system of absolute moral values and affirms that God has placed within the very structure of this universe certain moral principles that are fixed and immutable.

Martin Luther

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Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!

Martin Luther
drinking sleep funny

Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason-I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other-my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen.

Martin Luther
scripture safe helping
God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does. by Martin Luther

God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.

Martin Luther
religious god inspirational

From the beginning of my Reformation I have asked God to send me neither dreams, nor visions, nor angels, but to give me the right understanding of His Word, the Holy Scriptures; for as long as I have God's Word, I know that I am walking in His way and that I shall not fall into any error or delusion.

Martin Luther
angel dream fall

The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.

Martin Luther
christian faith people

I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Music drives away the Devil and makes people joyful; they forget thereby all wrath, unchastity, arrogance, and the like. Next after theology, I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor.

Martin Luther
music god inspirational
Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work... by Martin Luther

Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.

Martin Luther
done religious praying

Lord Jesus, You are my righteousness, I am your sin. You took on you what was mine; yet set on me what was yours. You became what you were not, that I might become what I was not.

Martin Luther
sin might jesus

God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.

Martin Luther
humility long world
A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a pro... by Martin Luther

A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.

Martin Luther
becoming christian faith
A happy fart never comes from a miserable ass. by Martin Luther

A happy fart never comes from a miserable ass.

Martin Luther
fart ass miserable

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

Martin Luther
christian god life
Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because... by Martin Luther

Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.

Martin Luther
week forget people
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I woul... by Martin Luther

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Martin Luther
hope faith inspirational

The first thing I ask is that people should not make use of my name, and should not call themselves Lutherans but Christians. What is Luther? The teaching is not mine. Nor was I crucified for anyone...How did I, poor stinking bag of maggots that I am, come to the point where people call the children of Christ by my evil name?

Martin Luther
teaching christian children

No one can believe how powerful prayer is and what it can effect, except those who have learned it by experience. Whenever I have prayed earnestly, I have been heard and have obtained more than I prayed for. God sometimes delays, but He always comes.

Martin Luther
powerful prayer believe
We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, th... by Martin Luther

We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.

Martin Luther
finished growing process
We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every... by Martin Luther

We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.

Martin Luther
forget-it forget needs
Pray, and let God worry. by Martin Luther

Pray, and let God worry.

Martin Luther
encouraging trust hope
He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole l... by Martin Luther

He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.

Martin Luther
song love life