“Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection not in books alone, but in every leaf in the springtime.”
“Why do you not daily learn the article of Divine Creation by looking at your children and offspring, who stand before you? They are of far greater worth than all the fruits of the trees. Here you may behold the Providence of God, who created them out of nothing. In a half year He gave them body and life and all their members and also intends to support them.”
“In all his [the Christian’s] works he ought to entertain this view and look only to this object—that he may serve and be useful to others in all that he does; having nothing before his eyes but the necessities and the advantage of his neighbor.”
“This life is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness; not health, but healing, not being, but becoming; not rest, but exercise; we are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it; the process is not yet finished, but it is going on; this is not the end, but it is the road; all does not gleam with glory, but all is being purified.”
“I believe that God made me … and defends me … and all out of fatherly, divine goodness and mercy, without any merit or worthiness in me; for all which it is my duty to thank and praise, to serve and obey Him.”
“Why do you not daily learn the article of divine creation by looking at your children and offspring who stand before you? Here you may behold the providence of God who created them out of nothing. But we pass by these gifts …”
“There are many of you in this congregation who think to yourselves: ‘If only I had been there! How quick I would have been to help the baby! I would have washed His linen! How happy I would have been to go with the shepherds to see the Lord lying in the manger!’ Yes you would! You say that because you know how great Christ is, but if you had been there at that time you would have done no better than the people of Bethlehem. Childish and silly thoughts are these! Why don’t you do it now? You have Christ in your neighbor. You ought to serve Him, for what you do to your neighbor in need you do to the Lord Christ Himself.”
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“Martin Luther said many centuries ago: ‘See to it that you cause your children to be instructed first in spiritual things, that you point them first to God and after that to the world.’ In these days, unfortunately, this has become backwards even in Christian homes (and many churches).” Ken Ham, www.answersingenesis.org
“When I think of freedom . . . I often think of Martin Luther. In his famous treatise, The Freedom of the Christian, Luther wrote, ‘A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none, a Christian man is the most dutiful servant of all, and subject to every one.’” Dennis Di Mauro, President, LFL’s representative to the National Pro-Life Religious Council
“Unanimity [of church teaching about abortion] was also seen following the split caused by the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther wrote, ‘For those who have no regard for pregnant women and who do not spare the tender fruit are murderers and infanticides.’ John Calvin concurred.” An excerpt from Abortion and the Message of the Church: Sin or Salvation? published by Lutherans For Life.