Because the Christian God is not a lonely God, but rather a communion of three persons, faith leads human beings into the divine communion. One cannot, however, have a self-enclosed communion with the Triune God- a "foursome," as it were-- for the Christian God is not a private deity. Communion with this God is at once also communion with those others who have entrusted themselves in faith to the same God. Hence one and the same act of faith places a person into a new relationship both with God and with all others who stand in communion with God.

Christ's indwelling presence has freed us from exclusive orientation toward ourselves and opened us up in two directions: toward God, to receive the good things in faith, and toward our neighbor, to pass them on in love.

Does a person have a right to change his or her own religion? This is a fundamental human right, just like a right to freedom of speech.

Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and myself from the community of sinners.

Some Jews and Muslims accuse Christians of being idolatrous for believing in the Trinity. My response to both groups is that they fundamentally misunderstand the Christian understanding of the Trinity.

Love properly understood is God—the font of all creation and the ultimate goal of all desires; God properly understood is love.

There is no greater mystery to me than that of light traveling through darkness.