We complain of the increased tempo of our lives, but our frenetic lives are just reflection of the economic system that we have created.

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

The church doesn’t have a social strategy, the church is a social strategy.

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.

I confess I take perverse delight as a theologian in the controversies surrounding postmodernism.

Only the one true God can take the risk of ruling by relying on the power of humility and love.

From the perspective of the one committing suicide, his or her act can be one of the most perverse forms of moral manipulation, as it abandons those left behind to their shame, guilt, and grief. Suicide is something like a metaphysical "I gotcha!" It is often an attempt to kill or wound others.