Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
Martin LutherRead
The Bible is the proper book for men. There the truth is distinguished from error far more clearly than anywhere else, and one finds something new in it every day. For twenty-eight years, since I became a doctor, I have now constantly read and preached the Bible; and yet I have not exhausted it but find something new in it every day.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The Bible offers profound insights and truths that continue to reveal themselves over time.
In this quote, Martin Luther expresses his belief in the Bible as a rich and inexhaustible source of truth and wisdom. He emphasizes that, despite years of studying and preaching it, he still discovers new insights daily, highlighting the depth of the text and its ability to differentiate between truth and falsehood more clearly than any other work.
Themes
BibleTruthWisdomInsightLearning
In practice
Example use cases
In a sermon discussing the importance of spiritual growth, you might say, 'As Martin Luther noted, the Bible is a source of continual insight.'
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All quotes →Now if I believe in God's Son and remember that He became man, all creatures will appear a hundred times more beautiful to me than before. Then I will properly appreciate the sun, the moon, the stars, trees, apples, as I reflect that he is Lord over all things. ...God writes the Gospel, not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
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It is the part of a Christian to take care of his own body for the very purpose that, by its soundness and wellbeing, he may be enabled to labour, and to acquire and preserve property, for the aid of those who are in want, that thus the stronger member may serve the weaker member, and we may be children of God, and busy for one another, bearing one another's burdens, and so fulfiling the law of Christ.
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Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.
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We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.
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In a mouse we admire God's creation and craft work. The same may be said about flies.
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