Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating.

Joy draws its nourishment from quietness and from the unfathomable.

Telling the truth ... is not solely a matter of moral character; it is also a matter of correct appreciation of real situations and of serious reflection upon them.

The messengers of Jesus will be hated to the end of time. They will be blamed for all the division which rend cities and homes. Jesus and his disciples will be condemned on all sides for undermining family life, and for leading the nation astray; they will be called crazy fanatics and disturbers of the peace. The disciples will be sorely tempted to desert their Lord. But the end is also near, and they must hold on and persevere until it comes. Only he will be blessed who remains loyal to Jesus and his word until the end.

The preaching of grace can only be protected by the preaching of repentance.

Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.

Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.