Language is not merely a set of unrelated sounds, clauses, rules, and meanings; it is a total coherent system of these integrating with each other, and with behavior, context, universe of discourse, and observer perspective.

The detached observer's view is one window on the world.

Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements.

Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.

The deepest sins are camouflaged as holiness.

Acceptance of the power of God in one's life lays the groundwork for personal commitment to both science and Christianity, which so often have been in conflict.

With acknowledgement of residues, we can be more easily prepared to grant the unit of science, the overlapping of disciplines, and the total coherence of all facts.