I [i.e., God] have given you baptism as a gift for the forgiveness of sins, and preach to you unceasingly by word of mouth concerning this treasure, sealing it with the Sacrament of my body and blood, so that you need never doubt. True, it seems little and insignificant that by the washing of water, the Word, and the Sacrament this should all be effected. But don't let your eyes deceive you.

The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.

Forgiveness is God's command.

A gospel that doesn't deal with the issues of the day is not the gospel at all.

There are only two days on my calendar... today and the day of judgment

Man is man because he is free to operate within a framework of his destiny. He is free to deliberate, to make decisions, and to choose between alternatives. He is distinguished from animals by his freedom to do evil or to do good and to walk the high road of beauty or tread the low road of ugly degeneracy.

Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.