“We have no ‘right’ to marital happiness by whatever means necessary (including easy divorce standards) . . . Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward, and our troubles vary. Some of us have trouble with our health, others with finances, others with difficult neighbors, and still others have family or marriage troubles. …
Completely Full
“Radavic couldn’t quite catch what he was saying, but Bradford could see the prosecutor’s neck get bigger. He had never seen a neck so full of righteousness” (Evangellyfish, p. 197).
God is the Absolute
“In other words, debates over the lawfulness of divorce are likely to produce a good deal of logic- and text-chopping — and this can happen in both directions. Men and women who want to absolutize marriage run into trouble, and men and women who want to relativize it run into trouble as well. Marriage is …
When the Glory Diminished
“Bradford watched in fascination as Radavic pulled open the thick wooden courtroom door and walked in, the embodiment of civic duty. After the glory subsided somewhat, three reporters followed him in” (Evangellyfish, p. 197).
Which Is Not Good
“If you have not lived in your marriage with honest confession of sin, then the chances are good that you have the marital equivalent of a garage that has not been cleaned out for twenty years” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 98).
Never Just Right
“For the proud and arrogant, it is either too big to confess or it is too small to confess — nothing is ever just the right size to confess” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 98).
A Real Stand-Out
“She was competent, hard-driving, and ambitious, which successfully grouped her in with about three million other blonde local news reporters” (Evangellyfish, p. 187).
Covering the Wrong Thing Entirely
“We tend to be very hesitant to ‘cover’ the sins of others, and very quick to ‘cover our own.’ In doing this, we are actually covering our own rear ends and not our sins” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 96).
Sprayed a Couple Times
“So the meeting began with a financial report, which Bill Turner had prepared for them, the bottom line of which looked like someone had been spraying it with Roundup” (Evangellyfish, p. 184).
Too Effective
“The power of forgiveness is enormous — the reason it is so infrequently employed is because it transforms everything, and not because it is ‘a dud'” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 96).