You can easily substitute the intellect for true devotion. Devotion comes from the heart, and from the will. The intellect, you can cerebrally answer things, but you make a big mistake when that happens.

You cannot talk about evil without assuming a moral framework.

Isn't it ironic that after 70 years Russia wants God back while we are trying to kick him out?

We do not live so that we can eat, nor do we just eat so that we can live. Life is worth living in and of itself. Life cannot be satisfied when it is lived out as a consuming entity. When it is filled by that which satisfies a hunger that is both physical and spiritual in a mutuality that sustains both without violation of either, only then can life be truly fulfilling.

I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him.

In today's society, looking good and feeling good often trumps doing good and being good. And some people don't know the difference anymore.

The four absolutes we all have in our minds: love, justice, evil, and forgiveness.