God Listens To Bach While The Angels

Religion Is The Possibility Of The Removal Of Every Ground Of Confidence Except Confidence In God Alone.

Dogmatics Is The Testing Of Church Doctrine And Proclamation.

Theology Is Not A Private Subject For Theologians Only. Nor Is It A Private Subject For Professors. Fortunately, There Have Always Been Pastors Who Have Understood More About Theology Than Most Professors. Nor Is Theology A Private Subject Of Study For Pastors. Fortunately, There Have Repeatedly Been Congregation Members, And Often Whole Congregations, Who Have Pursued Theology Energetically While Their Pastors Were Theological Infants Or Barbarians. Theology Is A Matter For The Church.

Our Position Is Such That We Can Be Rescued From Eternal Death And Translated Into Life Only By Total And Unceasing Substitution, The Substitution Which God Himself Undertakes On Our Behalf.

Mozart's Music Is Free Of All Exaggeration, Of All Sharp Breaks And Contradictions. The Sun Shines But Does Not Blind, Does Not Burn Or Consume. Heaven Arches Over The Earth, But It Does Not Weigh It Down, It Does Not Crush Or Devour It.