Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on October 31, 1517 on the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, Germany, questioning some of the teachings of the Catholic church.

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https://lutheranreformation.org/

You are my hiding place and my shield.  My hope is based on your word.
(Psalm 119:114 -- GW)

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Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross so that freed from our sins, we could live a life that has God’s approval.  His wounds have healed you.

(1 Peter 2:24 -- GW)

Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few.  Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”
(Matthew 9:37-38 -- HCSB)

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No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house. ¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.


(Matthew 5:15-16 -- CSB)

"Every hair on your head has been counted. ³¹ Don’t be afraid!  You are worth more than many sparrows.
³² So I will acknowledge in front of my Father in heaven that person who acknowledges me in front of others."
(Matthew 10:30-32 -- GW)

The jack-o'-lantern legend, according to the Wikipedia of Halloweens past (World Book encyclopedia) . . .

Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

(Psalm 95:1 -- ESV)

Jesus said to his disciples, “I can guarantee this truth: It will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. ²⁴ I can guarantee again that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter God’s kingdom.”
²⁵ He amazed his disciples more than ever when they heard this.  “Then who can be saved?” they asked.
²⁶ Jesus looked at them and said, “It is impossible for people to save themselves, but everything is possible for God.”
(Matthew 19:23-26 -- GW)

God made every type of wild animal, every type of domestic animal, and every type of creature that crawls on the ground.  God saw that they were good.
(Genesis 1:25 -- GW)

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My son, obey the command of your father, and do not disregard the teachings of your mother. ²¹  Fasten
them on
your heart forever.  
Hang them around your neck.

(Proverbs 6:20-21 -- GW)

He thought to himself, ‘What should I do, since I don’t have anywhere to store my crops? ¹⁸ I will do this,’ he said. ‘I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones and store all my grain and my goods there. ¹⁹ Then I’ll say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years.  Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’
²⁰ “But God said to him, ‘You fool!  This very night your life is demanded of you.  And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’
²¹ “That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
(Luke 12:17-21 -- CSB)

Don’t let anyone deceive you.  Associating with bad people will ruin decent people.

(1 Corinthians 15:33 -- GW)

No one knows when his time will come.  Like fish that are caught in a cruel net or birds caught in a snare, humans are trapped by a disaster when it suddenly strikes them.
(Ecclesiastes 9:12 -- GW)

It was not God’s intention that we experience his anger but that we obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁰ He died for us so that, whether we are awake in this life or asleep in death, we will live together with him.

(1 Thessalonians 5:9-11 -- GW)

Wake up!  Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.  Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.  But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.
(Revelation 3:2-3 -- NIV)

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Then he said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. ¹⁶ Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned." 


(Mark 16:15-16 -- CSB)

"Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the child of her womb?  Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you."
(Isaiah 49:15 -- CSB)

Marriage is to be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

(Hebrews 13:4 -- CSB)

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. ²⁸ And God blessed them.  And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

(Genesis 1:27-28 -- ESV)

Since we are surrounded by so many examples of faith, we must get rid of everything that slows us down, especially sin that distracts us.  We must run the race that lies ahead of us and never give up. ² We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith.  He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him.  Now he holds the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne. ³ Think about Jesus, who endured opposition from sinners, so that you don’t become tired and give up.
(Hebrews 12:1-3 -- GW)

People can know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and escape the world’s filth.  But if they get involved in this filth again and give in to it, they are worse off than they were before. ²¹ It would have been better for them never to have known the way of life that God approves of than to know it and turn their backs on the holy life God told them to live. ²² These proverbs have come true for them: “A dog goes back to its vomit,” and “A sow that has been washed goes back to roll around in the mud.”
(2 Peter 2:20-22 -- GW)

Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross so that freed from our sins, we could live a life that has God’s approval.  His wounds have healed you. ²⁵ You were like lost sheep.  Now you have come back to the shepherd and bishop of your lives.
(1 Peter 2:24-25 -- GW)

You were also taught to become a new person created to be like God, with a life that truely has God’s approval and is holy.
²⁵ So then, get rid of lies. Speak the truth to each other, because we are all members of the same body.


(Ephesians 4:24-25 -- GW)

The King of love my shepherd is,
Whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am his
And he is mine forever.

Where streams of living water flow,
My ransomed soul he leadeth
And, where the verdant pastures grow,
With food celestial feedeth.

Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,
But yet in love he sought me
And on his shoulder gently laid
And home rejoicing brought me.

In death’s dark vale I fear no ill
With thee, dear Lord, beside me,
Thy rod and staff my comfort still,
Thy cross before to guide me.

Thou spredst a table in my sight;
Thine unction grace bestoweth;
And, oh, what transport of delight
From thy pure chalice floweth!

And so through all the length of days
Thy goodness faileth never.
Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise
Within thy house forever.

(By Henry W. Baker)

Don’t have anything to do with godless myths that old women like to tell.  Rather, train yourself to live a godly life.
(1 Timothy 4:7 -- GW)

Life Is an Endless Circle

³ What do people gain from all their hard work under the sun?

⁴ Generations come, and generations go, but the earth lasts forever.
⁵ The sun rises, and the sun sets, and then it rushes back to the place where it will rise again. 

(Ecclesiastes 1:3-5 -- GW)

 

 

I have paid careful attention.
They do not speak what is right.
No one regrets his evil,
asking, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone has stayed his course
like a horse rushing into battle.
⁷ Even storks in the sky
know their seasons.
Turtledoves, swallows, and cranes
are aware of their migration,
but my people do not know
the requirements of the Lord.

(Jeremiah 8:6-7 -- CSB)

Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
(Romans 12:9b -- NIV)

Dear friend, never imitate evil, but imitate good. The person who does good is from God.  The person who does evil has never seen God.
(1 John 1:11 -- GW)

Praise the Lord, my soul!  Praise his holy name, all that is within me.  ² Praise the Lord, my soul, and never forget all the good he has done:  ³He is the one who forgives all your sins, the one who heals all your diseases, ⁴the one who rescues your life from the pit, the one who crowns you with mercy and compassion, ⁵the one who fills your life with blessings so that you become young again like an eagle.
(Psalm 103:1-5 -- GW)

1. I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
   And it told Thy love to me;
   But I long to rise in the arms of faith
   And be closer drawn to Thee.
   •                    Refrain:
     Draw me nearer, nearer blessed Lord,
     To the cross where Thou hast died;
     Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessed Lord,
     To Thy precious, bleeding side.
2. Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
   By the pow’r of grace divine;
   Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
   And my will be lost in Thine.
3. Oh, the pure delight of a single hour
   That before Thy throne I spend,
   When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God
   I commune as friend with friend!
4. There are depths of love that I cannot know
   Till I cross the narrow sea;
   There are heights of joy that I may not reach
   Till I rest in peace with Thee. 

(by Frances J. Crosby)