The present time of believers is no longer determined by the past. It takes its definition from the future.

Christian hope does not promise successful days to the rich and the strong, but resurrection and life to those who must exist in the shadows of death. Success is no name of God. Righteousness is.

The church's final word is not 'church' but the glory of the Father and the Son in the Spirit of liberty

Imprisoned professors taught imprisoned students free theology.

As long as hope does not embrace and transform the thought and action of men, it remains topsy-turvy and ineffective.

Christ's own 'God-forsaken-ness' on the cross showed me where God is present where God had been present in those nights of deaths in the fire storms in Hamburg and where God would be present in my future whatever may come.

The present time of believers is no longer determined by the past. It takes its definition from the future.