Grace is the essence of theology and gratitude is the essence of ethics.

Scripture ... does not derive its authority from the fact that we use it, not even when we use Scripture in faith.

Bonhoeffer's emphasis on the deep this-worldliness of Christianity does not lead to de-escahtologizing the gospel.

Every word about the God-breathed character of Scripture is meaningless if Holy Scripture is not understood as the witness concerning Christ.

In Scripture the election of God ... does not come out of works but out of grace. God's electing plan prepares the way of salvation in which man learns that salvation is obtained only as a divine gift an never as an acquisiton because of good works.

The confession of the authority of the Word of God can never be isolated from the saving content of the Word of God.

Grace is the essence of theology and gratitude is the essence of ethics.