Only at the cross of Christ does man see fully what it is that separates him from God; yet it is here alone that he perceives that he is no longer se…

- Emil Brunner

The Church exists by mission, just as a fire exists by burning. Where there is no mission there is no Church; and where there is neither Church nor m…

- Emil Brunner

Hope . . . is one of the ways in which what is merely future and potential is made vividly present and actual to us. Hope is the positive, as anxiety…

- Emil Brunner

I am inexpressibly grateful that the Lord of my life has granted to me in such abundance these opportunities to take part in the life of his ecclesia…

- Emil Brunner

So long as we stand "under the Law", we cannot perceive this hidden unity of all the commandments. It is part of legalism that the will of God must a…

- Emil Brunner

The Church exists by mission, just as a fire exists by burning.

- Emil Brunner

What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life.

- Emil Brunner

The Revelation of God is not a book or a doctrine, but a living Person.

- Emil Brunner

Hope is the positive mode of awaiting the future.

- Emil Brunner