Martin Luther on the Truth War

Martin Luther, that noble gospel soldier, threw down the gauntlet at the feet of every Christian in every generation after him when he said:

If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all battlefields besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point."