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.

The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.

When we are at our wits' end for an answer, then the Holy Spirit can give us an answer. But how can He give us an answer when we are still well supplied with all sorts of answers of our own?

With an ear open to your musical dialectic, one can be young and become old, can work and rest, be content and sad: in short, one can live.

Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.

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.