I do not consider Luther infallible nor the leader of my church. I do consider him a great gift to mankind. Not perfect. Great.
Consider some of the following quotes:
All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.
Martin Luther
Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?
Martin Luther
Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.
Martin Luther
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
Martin Luther
Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.
Martin Luther
Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.
Martin Luther
Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.
Martin Luther
Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.
Martin Luther
Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.
Martin Luther
For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.
Martin Luther
For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.
Martin Luther
Forgiveness is God’s command.
Martin Luther
God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
Martin Luther
Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.
Martin Luther
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.
Martin Luther
I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.
Martin Luther
Hardly the arrogant jerk that this poster seems to want to paint him as.
Most self-indulgent liars do not lie and indulge their “great pope” selves all the time, and can squeeze in a profound thought or two in between.
Much of the early leaders of so-called reformation were in great part Catholic and often sounded that way. The modern sheep herders of Protestantism would improve by imitating Luther and Calvin despite the immensity of their flaws.