My father was a better bricklayer than I am a theologian. I am still in too much of a hurry. But if the work I have done in theology is of any use, it is because of what I learned on the job, that is, you can lay only one brick at a time.
Stanley HauerwasThe movement that Jesus begins is constituted by people who believe that they have all the time in the world, made possible by Godโs patience, to challenge the worldโs impatient violence by cross and resurrection.
Stanley HauerwasFor Christians do not place their hope in their children, but rather their children are a sign of their hope . . . that God has not abandoned this world.
Stanley HauerwasThe basis for the ethics of the Sermon on the Mount is not what works, but rather who God is.
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