The world upon whom grace is thrust as a bargain will grow tired of it.

If my sinfulness appears to me to be in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all. ... How can I possibly serve another person in unfeigned humility if I seriously regard his sinfulness as worse than my own?

Before Jesus leads His disciples into suffering, humiliation, disgrace, and disdain, He summons them and shows Himself to them as the Lord in God's glory.

Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us.

The more deeply we grow into the psalms and the more often we pray them as our own, the more simple and rich will our prayer become.

A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object. So, in vicarious responsibility for people, and in His love for real human beings, Jesus becomes the one burdened by guilt.

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.