If you take the 'love your enemy' out of Christianity, you've 'unChristianed' the Christian faith.

Whatever the reasons, when forgiveness happens it is always a miracle of grace. The obstacles in its way are immense

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.

The difference between justice and forgiveness: To be just is to condemn the fault and, because of the fault, to condemn the doer as well. To forgive is to condemn the fault but to spare the doer. That's what the forgiving God does.

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.

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.

The goal of pursuit of justice must not simply be that justice happens but that reconciliation also happens.