Gene Edward Veith Jr

“Our mediator claims all of our sins and has paid for them with His blood. He provides all of the good works…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“Psychology either tends to glorify human beings or trivialize them, leaving out the complexity of the human soul and the demands of…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“God is hidden in vocations that bear authority. But that puts the pressure on human beings exercise that authority to act with…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“Luther says that vocations are a “mask from God. That is, God hides Himself in the workplace, the family, the Church, and…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“The Church does not depend on power, social prestige, rhetorical manipulation, or human-designed programs. All it has are the Word and Sacraments,…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“But the Law is the prelude to the Gospel. Those broken by the Law are convinced of their need and of their…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“No one can violently attack something without taking it seriously in some way. No one attacks belief in Zeus anymore. No one…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“It should not be possible for Christians to be disillusioned. We should have no illusions in the first place. Our faith is…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“Lutheran spirituality begins with the insight that all human effort to reach God is futile. The will, to use Luther’s term, is…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“There is a great superficiality in today's evangelical world. Many Bible-believing Christians share the contemporary case for self-gratification, emotionalism, and anti-intellectualism. Many…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“Secular humanists of every type may ridicule the Bible, but they cannot escape it; and in their obsession with change, calls for…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“There is a certain mysticism in the Christian's affirmation of the physical universe. There is a confidence that whatever is discovered conforms…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“Anticipating the collapse of secular reason, Hamann thus brings us to a decidedly postmodern crossroads, at which point one can take the…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“Christians should be cultural and intellectual thermostats, exulting in opposition, iconoclasm,and balancing insights.”

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“Heaven built on earth by human hands is not the same as eternal life. Again, Christianity always has to be more than…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“Many modern artists, philosophers, and theologians reject the knowledge of the past. Thus they must continually start over again from ground zero,…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“We do not have to ascend to God; rather, the good news is that He has descended to us.”

— Gene Edward Veith Jr