The more we study the early Church, the more we realize that it was a society of ministers. About the only similarity between the Church at Corinth and a contemporary congregation, either Roman Catholic or Protestant, is that both are marked, to a great degree, by the presence of sinners.

The Christian is joyful, not because he is blind to injustice and suffering, but because he is convinced that these, in the light of the divine sovereignty, are never ultimate. The Christian can be sad, and often is perplexed, but he is never really worried, because he knows that the purpose of God is to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.

It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet.

The spoken word is never really effective unless it is backed up by a life, but it is also true that the living deed is never adequate without the support the spoken word can provide.

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.

Engineering is a predictive science, not a manipulative art.

Never trust a theologian who doesn't have a sense of humor.