Never think that you need to protect God. Because anytime you think you need to protect God, you can be sure that you are worshipping an idol.

I fear that much of the Christianity that surrounds us assumes our task is to save appearances by protecting God from Job-like anguish. But if God is the God of Jesus Christ, then God does not need our protection. What God demands is not protection, but truth.

Peace is a deeper reality than violence."p. 231

My father was a better bricklayer than I am a theologian. I am still in too much of a hurry. But if the work I have done in theology is of any use, it is because of what I learned on the job, that is, you can lay only one brick at a time.

The lives of the saints are the hermeneutical key to Scripture.