Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church u….

Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism..

A charity which knows only how to give money is not yet Christian love. You will be free of guilt only when you also give your time, your energy, and….

We understand hereby, that the family, the business, science, art and so forth are all social spheres, which do not owe their existence to the State,….

Unchecked, the dominating influences of money and of barren intellectualism would reduce the life of emotions to freezing point. And, unable to grasp….

The question is not if the candidate's heart is favorable to Christianity, but if he has Christ as his starting point even for politics, and will spe….

There are two kinds of beauty; there is a beauty which God gives at birth, and which withers as a flower. And there is a beauty which God grants when….

The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity..

The curse should no longer rest upon the world itself, but upon that which is sinful in it, and instead of monastic flight from the world the duty is….

To have faith in the Word, Scripture must not grasp us in our critical thought, but in the life of the soul..

Unity is the ultimate goal of all the ways of God..

What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?.

Every science in a certain degree starts from faith, and, on the contrary, faith, which does not lead to science, is mistaken faith or superstition, ….

The sovereignty of the state as the power that protects the individual and that defines the mutual relationships among the visible spheres, rises hig….

Genius is a sovereign power; it forms schools; it lays hold on the spirits of men, with irresistible might; and it exercises an immeasurable influenc….

How often has not the parallel been drawn and the golden age of the Roman Empire, when the external brilliancy of life likewise dazzled the eye, notw….

The motive of art comes to us not from what exists, but from the notion that there is something higher, something nobler, something richer, and that ….

There is not one square inch of the entire creation about which Jesus does not cry out, 'This is mine!'.

Whatever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand - in agriculture, in commerce, and in industry, or his mind, in the wor….

One desire has been the ruling passion of my life. One high motive has acted like a spur upon my mind and soul. and sooner than that I should seek es….

When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You mu….