For 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.

I am often criticized, or at least questions are raised, about what appears to be the absence of the Holy Spirit in my work.

In the Crusades, getting the Holy Land back was the goal, and any means could be used to achieve it. World War II was a crusade. The firebombing of Tokyo by Doolittle and the carpet bombing in Germany, especially by the British, showed that.

If I were a person who was non-American, I would think humanitarian intervention is just another name for United States imperialism.

Consider the problem of taking showers with Christians. They are, after all, constantly going on about the business of witnessing in the hopes of making converts to their God and church. Would you want to shower with such people? You never know when they might try to baptize you.

No powers determine our lives more completely than those we think we have under our control. I

I have assumed my clear commitment to a Trinitarian orthodoxy was sufficient evidence that I have not intentionally ignored the role of the Holy Spirit. It may be true, however, that my work has been so Christ-centred, I may have given the impression that the Holy Spirit is an afterthought.