The God I find in Christ is a God who overcomes evil with good, hate by love, and the world by a cross.

A Rattlesnake, if Cornered will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is -- a biting of oneself. We think we are harming others in holding these spites and hates, but the deeper harm is to ourselves.

Being born in a Christian home does not make you a Christian.

Grace makes you gracious. The Giver makes you give.

The moral laws of the Universe are deeply embedded in the constitution of things. We do not break them - we break ourselves upon them.

The opponent strikes you on your cheek, and you strike him on the heart by your amazing spiritual audacity in turning the other cheek. You wrest the offensive from him by refusing to take his weapons, by keeping your own, and by striking him in his conscience from a higher level. He hits you physically, and you hit him spiritually.

We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us. Obviously we, at very best, will make many mistakes, but these mistakes need not be sins.