Ernst Käsemann > Quotes

“Discipleship of the Crucified leads necessarily to resistance to idolatry on every front. This resistance is and must be the most important mark of Christian freedom.”
― Ernst Käsemann, On Being a Disciple of the Crucified Nazarene: Unpublished Lectures and Sermons

“only one escape is open: return to the condition to which everything earthly finally belongs, that is, to the condition before his face, in obedience to his word, in hope of the promise of his blessing. This is symbolized in the act of baptism.”
― Ernst Käsemann, On Being a Disciple of the Crucified Nazarene: Unpublished Lectures and Sermons