Christian Obedience, By Its Very Nature, Has

The Saints Are Never The Kind Of Killjoy Spinster Aunts Who Go In For Faultfinding And Lack All Sense Of Humor.

Only The Christian Religion, Which In Its Essence Is Communicated By The Eternal Child Of God, Keeps Alive In Its Believers The Lifelong Awareness Of Their Being Children, And Therefore Of Having To Ask And Give Thanks For Things.

No One Should Think He Can Quickly Dispose Of Questions Posed Here Offhandedly. It Was Precisely Because Writers Were In The Habit During The Time Of The Reformation Of Theologizing With A Hammer That The Split In The Church Became Irreparable. And To Work At Overcoming This Split Means Much Effort. Only The Patient Need Apply.

To Be A Child Means To Owe One's Existence To Another, And Even In Our Adult Life We Never Quite Reach The Point Where We No Longer Have To Give Thanks For Being The Person We Are.

Lovers Are The Ones Who Know Most About God; The Theologian Must Listen To Them.