God is not free from human beings but for them.

We are torn out of our own existence and set down in the midst of the holy history of God on earth. There God dealt with us, and there he still deals with us, our needs and our sins, in judgment and grace.

Time lost is time not filled, time left empty.

Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking where they should be listening.

The early morning belongs to the Church of the risen Christ. At the break of light it remembers the morning on which death and sin lay prostrate in defeat and new life and salvation were given to mankind

The Christian needs another Christian who speaks God's word to him. He needs him again and again when he becomes uncertain and discouraged, for by himself he cannot help himself without belying the truth.

Only those who obey can believe, and only those who believe can obey.