It is imperative that the past of the pilgrims' progress be intentionally carried forward into the present as we work into our future. Without it we cannot know who we are, why we are here, or where we can go. Without a common past to live out of we become aimless and wandering individuals instead of a pilgrim people.
H. Richard NiebuhrApart from the resurrection of Jesus, the eschatological orientation of the church appears as the spoke of a wheel without a hub.
H. Richard NiebuhrEveryone has some kind of philosophy, some general worldview, which to men of other views will seem mythological.
H. Richard Niebuhr