For Luther, it (faith) is an undeviating, trusting outlook appointment life, a constant stance of the trustworthiness of the promises of God.

The success of the Inklings also helps us to see criticism in a positive light. There are, unfortunately, people who boost their own sense of importance by criticizing others as a matter of principle. Yet within this community, criticism was a mark of respect and commitment.

We must not think that religious concerns swamped all other social activities. They simply provided a focal point for them.

The most radical question which anyone can be asked is not how much their possessions cost, but whether they have found something of value - that is, something that makes living worthwhile.

Our present world contains clues...to another world-a world which we can begin to experience now, but will only know in all its fullness at the end of things.

We live in a world of competing narratives. In the end, we have to decide for ourselves which is right. And having made that decision, we then need to inhabit the story we trust.

The hallmark of intelligence is not whether one believes in God or not, but the quality of the processes that underlie one’s beliefs.