“The kingdom of God does not arrive like the Eighty-second Airborne. The kingdom of God works quietly, inexorably, over the course of many generations” (5 Cities, p. 199).
Resumed Clarity
“And those unsavory questions involved things that had nothing to do with equality, dignity, or acceptable public summaries. The moment of resumed clarity was, for the detectives, not unlike that time when Wormtongue pitched the Palantir off the tower of Orthanc” (Evangellyfish, p. 62).
Authority and Submission Within Authority and Submission
“A husband’s authority over his wife and a wife’s particular submission to her husband are a subset of this broader Christian duty for all believers to be filled with the Spirit and to be mutually submissive to one another” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 24).
What Lasts . . .
“No, the ancients produced plenty of garbage, just as we have. But their garbage has not lasted to the present. We don’t know about it — just as five hundred years from now, nobody will be reading our garbage. Why would anyone save the garbage?” (5 Cities, p. 195).
Gathered Sincerity
“But now — his voice was mellifluous and constant. Whenever he paused, always at just the right moment, sincerity oozed out of the silences and puddled on the floor” (Evangellyfish, p. 61).
More Blessing
“A blessing is not just something done by patriarchs on their deathbeds, ministers in the benediction, and by everyone when somebody sneezes” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 22).
Itself An Idea
“But this is self-refuting — if there is no truth, and all ideas are relative, academic freedom (itself an idea) is relative and can be abandoned as soon as someone pays us enough to abandon it or threatens us sufficiently” (5 Cities, p. 193).
A Big Pile
“Bradford had been to one or two concerts like this in his life before, but Rourke felt like he was under an acoustical rock pile” (Evangellyfish, p. 60).
Tech Connection
“A common complaint about certain technological innovations (like cell phones) is that they can result in people walking around in an electronic bubble — separated from people they are with. This is a problem, but it is a problem of use. The same technology can be used (and should be used) to connect people. Husbands …
Not As Disinterested As They Pretend
“Truth and error will get sorted out in the long run, and probably much quicker if we just let it rip rather than try to manage the whole process. Somehow the managers of the process are frequently found to be an essential part of the problem, and it turns out they tend to manage the …