Men in prayer give greater license to their unlawful desires than if they were telling jocular tales among their equals.

He regards it as the highest insult for the wicked to boast of His covenant while profaning His sacred Name by their whole lives.

Prayer finds its source in God's holiness and it is at the same time our response to this holiness.

God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray

The hallowing of God's Name is the END toward which His Kingdom coming and the accomplishment of His will are among the MEANS.

The ironic fact is that humanism which began with man's being central eventually had no real meaning for people. On the other hand, if one begins with the Bible's position that man is created by God and in the image of God, there is a basis for that person's dignity.