Theologians have felt no hesitation in founding a system of speculative thought on the teachings of Jesus; and yet Jesus was never an inhabitant of the realm of speculative thought.
Walter RauschenbuschThe real joy of life is in its play. Play is anything we do for the joy and love of doing it, apart from any profit, compulsion, or sense of duty. It is the real joy of living.
Walter RauschenbuschThe Kingdom of God is not a matter of getting individuals to heaven, but of transforming the life on earth into the harmony of heaven.
Walter RauschenbuschThe belief in a satanic kingdom exists today only where religious and theological traditions keep this believe alive.
Walter Rauschenbusch