Luther or Not Luther

For the Reformation Party, the small group ministry team at Trinity created a game called Luther or Not Luther. Let's see if you can guess the quotes and if Luther said it or not. How well do you know the great reformer? The answers may surprise you.

1. We choose life, not because we choose to be saved, but that we choose how to live into these promises God has made with us.

2. If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.

3. Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.

4. The more you wash, the dirtier you get.

5. In essentials, unity; in differences, liberty; in all things, charity.

6. In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians.

7. A simple layman armed with Scripture is to be believed above a pope or cardinal without it.

8. The devil should not be allowed to keep all the best tunes to himself!

9. Death solves all problems – no man, no problem.

10. Sinners are attractive because they are loved; they are not loved because they are attractive.

11. Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

12. Thanks for letting me visit. I had a wonderful time.

13. A penny saved is better than a penny earned.

14. The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.

15. There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.

16. Men are like wine – some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

17. The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

18. Go home and tell how much God has done for you.

19. And I really do believe that the most important thing is the way you live your life on earth. But I think it's enormously comforting to believe that you're going to see your loved ones.

20. If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.

21. As we drank beer, God’s word reformed the church.

22. If I can change than anyone can change. I promise you that.

23. Clergy are the greatest hindrance to faith.

24. Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection in every newly tapped keg of beer.

25. Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

26. Whatever gives your life purpose, goal, and direction is your god!

27. I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.

28. God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.

29. One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

30. You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.

Answers

1. Not Luther – Pastor Alexis Twito
2. Luther
3. Not Luther – MLK Jr.
4. Luther
5. Not Luther - Philip Melanchthon
6. Not Luther – Karl Barth
7. Luther
8. Luther
9. Not Luther - Joseph Stalin
10. Luther
11. Not Luther - Albus Dumbledore – Harry Potter
12. Not Luther – Pastor Lew Clefisch
13. Luther
14. Not Luther – Marilyn Monroe
15. Luther
16. Not Luther - Pope John XXIII
17. Luther
18. Not Luther –Jesus (Luke 8:39)
19. Not Luther - Barbara Walters
20. Luther
21. Luther
22. Not Luther – Brett Favre
23. Luther
24. Not Luther – Pastor John Hulden
25. Not Luther - Buddha
26. Not Luther - Phil Baker – Southern Seminary
27. Luther
28. Luther
29. Not Luther - Dietrich Bonheoffer
30. Luther