For the grand and inescapable tradition of western literary classics confronts us with fundamental choices over our understanding of words, reading and art, as well as citizenship, civilization, faith, and the whole notion of the true, the good, and the faithful.

Making the world safe for diversity, is one of the greatest tasks we face in the global era.

We betray our modern arrogance and forget the place of mystery in God's dealing with us.

Idolatry is huge in the Bible, dominant in our personal lives, and irrelevant in our mistaken estimations

Whereas our grandparents lived as if they had swallowed gyroscopes, we think and act as if we have swallowed Gallup polls.

The problem with Western Christians is not that they aren't where they should be but that they aren't what they should be where they are.

Everybody is born free. Not everybody is worthy of freedom.