The relation of this God with this man; the relation of this man with this God--this is the only theme of the Bible and of philosophy.

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

Christian worship is the most momentous, most urgent, most glorious action that can take place in human life.

God listens to Bach while the angels listen to Mozart.

The gospel is not a truth among other truths. Rather, it sets a question mark against all truths.

Sin is not confined to the evil things we do. It is the evil within us, the evil which we are.

On the basis of the eternal will of God we have to think of EVERY HUMAN BEING, even the oddest, most villainous or miserable, as one to whom Jesus Christ is Brother and God is Father; and we have to deal with him on this assumption. If the other person knows that already, then we have to strengthen him in the knowledge. If he does no know it yet or no longer knows it, our business is to transmit this knowledge to him.