The statement that 'God is dead' comes from Nietzsche and has recently been trumpeted abroad by some German and American theologians. But the good Lord has not died of this; He who dwells in the heaven laughs at them.

I don’t believe in universalism, but I do believe in Jesus Christ, the reconciler of all

Mozart's music always sounds unburdened, effortless, and light. This is why it unburdens, releases, and liberates us.

God listens to Bach while the angels listen to Mozart.

Faith is not an art. Faith is not an achievement. Faith is not a good work of which some may boast while others can excuse themselves with a shrug of the shoulders for not being capable of it. It is a decisive insight of faith itself that all of us are incapable of faith in ourselves, whether we think of its preparation, beginning, continuation, or completion.

When the frontier between God and man, the last inexorable barrier and obstacle, is not closed, the barrier between what is normal and what is perverse is opened.

I take the Bible far too seriously to take it literally.