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

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.

Absolute hospitality would in no way amount to the absence of violence. To the contrary, it would enthrone violence precisely under the guise of nonviolence because it would leave the violators unchanged and the consequences of violence unremedied.

If evangelism isn't an expression of love of neighbor, it isn't Christian evangelizing. And love of neighbor includes not only what I say to the neighbor but how I say that.

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.

We lead our lives well when we love God with our whole being and when we love neighbors as we (properly) love ourselves.