Occupation: Theologian Birth: May 10, 1886 Death: December 10, 1968
I have read many books, but the Bible reads me..
The person who knows only his side of the argument knows little of that..
Christian worship is the most momentous, most urgent, most glorious action that can take place in human life..
Faith is not an art. Faith is not an achievement. Faith is not a good work of which some may boast while others can excuse themselves with a shrug of….
When we speak of our virtues we are competitors, when we confess our sins we become brothers..
Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind..
The gospel is not a truth among other truths. Rather, it sets a question mark against all truths..
Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so?.
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 suppl….
We must read the Bible through the eyes of shipwrecked people for whom everything has gone overboard..
Take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible..
Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Gratitude evokes grace like the voice and echo. Gratitude follows grace as thunder follows….
I take the Bible far too seriously to take it literally..
Grace creates liberated laughter. The grace of God...is beautiful, and it radiates joy and awakens humor..
Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way..
Theology is not a private subject for theologians only. Nor is it a private subject for professors. Fortunately, there have always been pastors who h….
Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace..
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude..
To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world..
No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do..
On the basis of the eternal will of God we have to think of EVERY HUMAN BEING, even the oddest, most villainous or miserable, as one to whom Jesus Ch….