In the New Testament our enemies are those who harbor hostility against us, not those against whom we cherish hostility, for Jesus refuses to reckon with such a possibility.

Every sermon must contain a certain shot of heresy.

Through our daily meals He is calling us to rejoice, to keep holiday in the midst of our working day.

The question of why evil exists is not a theological question, for it assumes that it is possible to go behind the existence forced upon us as sinners. If we could answer it then we would not be sinners. We could make something else responsible...The theological question does not arise about the origin of evil but about the real overcoming of evil on the Cross; it ask for the forgiveness of guilt, for the reconciliation of the fallen world

Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.

The church ... is not just to bandage the victims under the wheel, but to put a spoke in the wheel itself.

Where is love more glorified than where she dwells in the midst of her enemies?