Patriotism at the expense of another nation is as wicked as racism at the expense of another race. . . Let us resolve to be patriots always, nationalists never. Let us love our country, but pledge allegiance to the earth and to the flora and fauna and human life that it supports - one planet indivisible, with clean air,... soil and water; with liberty, justice and peace for all.

Christians have to listen to the world as well as to the Word - to science, to history, to what reason and our own experience tell us. We do not honor the higher truth we find in Christ by ignoring truths found elsewhere.

I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings.

Nuclear Weapons merit unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation

Socrates had it wrong; it is not the unexamined but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living.

God knows it is emotionally satisfying to be righteous with that righteousness that nourishes itself on the blood of sinners. But God also knows that what is emotionally satisfying can be spiritually devastating.

Truth is always in danger of being sacrificed on the altars of good taste and social stability.