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.

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The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.

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But know that to serve God is nothing else than to serve your neighbor and do good to him in love, be it a child, wife, servant, enemy, friend....If you do not find yourself among the needy and the poor, where the Gospel shows us Christ, then you may know that your faith is not right, and that you have not yet tasted of Christ's benevolence and work for you.

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A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.

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We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.

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

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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!

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

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The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.

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

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