It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another to work out the irrigation system.

Christians have no business thinking that the good life consists mainly in not doing bad things. We have no business thinking that to do evil in this world you have to be a Bengal tiger, when, in fact, it is enough to be a tame tabby—a nice person but not a good one. In short, Pentecost makes it clear that nothing is so fatal to Christianity as indifference.

When a man is drowning, it may be better for him to try to swim than to thrash around waiting for divine intervention.

I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be.

It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another to work out the irrigation system.

Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are.

There is nothing anti-intellectual in the leap of faith, for faith is not believing without proof but trusting without reservation.