Crumbs from the Master's Table

Speaking of his beloved Psalter, Luther says: Here we find not only what one or two saints have done, but what he has done who is the very...

"To take hold of the Son and to believe in Him with the heart as the gift of God causes God to reckon that faith, however imperfect it ...

In 1519 Martin Luther wrote a "Personal Prayer Book" to help people know how to pray in the midst of so much confusion about what ...

"When in 1 Corinthians Paul said that a man should examine himself, he spoke only of adults because he was speaking about those who wer...

Luther: I acknowledge no fixed rules for the interpretation of the Word of God, since the Word of God, which teaches freedom in all other ...

"The farmer plowing his field, the craftsman producing his goods, and the sovereign capably judging and governing are as much God's...

Speaking of the righteousness of faith that God imputes to us through Christ apart from works, Luther says this of its surpassing worth: C...

"Luther was right in applying the criterion was Christum treibet [whatever promotes Christ], but wrong in not recognizing that the Epi...

Luther two days before he died: Nobody can understand Virgil in his Bucolics , unless he has been a shepherd for five years. Nobody can un...

Luther: I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Music drives away the Devil and makes people gay; they fo...

Martin Luther on 1 Peter: "The one who understands this letter has without doubt enough so as not to need more . . . because the apos...

Luther: O heavenly Father, God and Father of my Lord Jesus Christ and God of all comfort, I thank you for revealing to me your dear Son, J...

"O Lord, come to me and use my bread, silver, and gold. How very well they are spent if I spend them in your service. Amen." —Ma...

Luther's first thesis from his Ninety-Five Theses : "When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, 'Repent' [Matt. 4:17], h...

Luther: Dear Lord, awaken us that we may be prepared to receive your Son with joy when he comes and to serve him with a pure heart. Gracio...

Luther: O Lord God, I am weak and fearful. I flee evil and do all I can to guard myself against it. Nevertheless, I am in your hands as I ...

Luther: O heavenly Father, God and Father of my Lord Jesus Christ and God of all comfort, I thank you for revealing to me your dear Son, J...

Luther: O my dear Lord Jesus Christ, you have said: Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be ...

Containing echoes of Rom. 14:7-8, here's a Lutheran prayer when facing death: My dear God, if you want this to be the hour of death, l...

Martin Luther: We pray especially for the government under whose care and protection you have called us. Bless it with success and prosper...