When God forgives us for hitting Him with a club we should manage to put up with the pin pricks we get from our fellows.
Helmut ThielickeThe Christian stands, not under the dictatorship of a legalistic 'you ought,' but in the magnetic field of Christian Freedom, under the empowering of the 'You may.'
Helmut ThielickeA church is in a bad way when it banishes laughter from the sanctuary and leaves it to the cabaret, the nightclub and the toastmasters.
Helmut ThielickeWhen the drama of history is over, Jesus Christ will stand alone on the stage. All the great figures of history ... will realize that they have been but actors in a drama produced by another.
Helmut Thielicke