C. F. W. Walther quotes

“A person is either a Christian or not; there is no in between state”
-- C. F. W. Walther

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“Grace is not something for which I must look in my heart. It is in the heart of God.”
-- C. F. W. Walther

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“No reasonable man, much less a Christian, can or should take part in the efforts of Communists and Socialists”
-- C. F. W. Walther

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“We the undersigned, intend to establish an instruction and training institution which differs from the common elementary schools principally in that it will embrace, outside of (in addition to) the general and elementary curriculum, all branches of the classical high school, which are necessary for a true Christian and scientific education, such as: Religion, the Latin, Greek, Hebrew, German, French and English languages; History, Geography, Mathematics, Physics, natural history, Introduction to Philosophy, Music, and Drawing.”
-- C. F. W. Walther

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“How could one comfort a disturbed person? He is already assailed with doubts about his faith. He would have to despair with such a doctrine. Rather one must seek to convince him that the Savior is there for him, has already forgiven him, and has already accepted him. As soon as one makes faith even in the least a requirement for justification, one takes from such a person all the comfort of the Gospel.”
-- C. F. W. Walther

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“The Gospel does not require anything good that man must furnish: not a good heart, not a good disposition, no improvement of his condition, no godliness, no love either of God or men…….. It plants love into his heart and makes him capable of all good works. It demands nothing, but it gives all. Should not this fact make us leap for JOY?”
-- C. F. W. Walther

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“Inactivity is the beginning of all vice.”
-- C. F. W. Walther

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“Perils as well as privileges attend the higher Christian life. The nearer we come to God, the thicker the hosts of darkness in heavenly places. Aggressive Christianity is the world's greatest need.”

“When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions, just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ, the very linchpin of their religion.”

“Is there a meaning to music? Yes. Can you state in so many words what the meaning is? No.”

“The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it.”

“It is not the State that orders us; but it is we who order the State!”

“Anybody who has interacted with me will definitely find me to be a chirpy person.”

“Every person has a revolution beating within his or her chest”

“The power and the potency of music will transcend any one person's opinion about it.”

Source : "Adam Levine: 'People thought Maroon 5 were a boy band'". Interview with Mark Savage, www.bbc.com. August 5, 2014.

“Yoga carves you into a different person - and that is satisfying physically.”

Source : "Yoga for Men: Adam Levine, Rocker Yogi". Interview with Dana Meltzer Zepeda, www.womenshealthmag.com. June 24, 2008.

“My family joke that I'm really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.”