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

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 ….

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

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….

Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God.

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

... we have gratefully to receive from the hand of God the institution of the state with its magistrates as a means of preservation.... On the other ….

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,….

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….

He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God..

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

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….

The Holy Scripture is like a diamond: in the dark it is like a piece of glass, but as soon as the light strikes it the water begins to sparkle, and t….

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….

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, ….

It is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ's Church to one's own little community. It is everywhere, in all parts of the world; and whatever it….

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….

Calvinism is an all-embracing system of principles... It is rooted in a form of religion which was peculiarly its own, and form that specific religio….

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

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

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