A good sermon is an engineering operation by which a chasm is bridged so that the spiritual goods on one side-the 'unsearchable riches of Christ' - are actually transported into personal lives upon the other

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have

God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get things done

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people

Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it

Bitterness imprisons life love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life love empowers it. Bitterness sours life love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life love heals it. Bitterness blinds life love anoints its eyes

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determines the end.