God makes the world not out of necessity but by a divine Whim, and the world he makes is a whimsically romantic place. We're all crazy about each other because we're made in the image of Someone who's been crazy about us.
Older women are like aging strudels - the crust may not be so lovely, but the filling has come at last into its own. - Robert Farrar Capon
Older women are like aging strudels - the crust may not be so lovely, but the filling has come at last into its own.
- Robert Farrar Capon
Grace is the celebration of life, relentlessly hounding all the non-celebrants in the world. It is a floating, cosmic bash shouting its way through t… - Robert Farrar Capon
Grace is the celebration of life, relentlessly hounding all the non-celebrants in the world. It is a floating, cosmic bash shouting its way through t…
If God seems to be in no hurry to make the problem of evil go away, maybe we shouldn't be, either. Maybe our compulsion to wash God's hands for him i… - Robert Farrar Capon
If God seems to be in no hurry to make the problem of evil go away, maybe we shouldn't be, either. Maybe our compulsion to wash God's hands for him i…
Jesus came to raise the dead. He did not come to teach the teachable; He did not come to improve the improvable; He did not come to reform the reform… - Robert Farrar Capon
Jesus came to raise the dead. He did not come to teach the teachable; He did not come to improve the improvable; He did not come to reform the reform…
Even to this day, grace remains hard to swallow. Religiosity and moralism go down easier than free forgiveness. - Robert Farrar Capon
Even to this day, grace remains hard to swallow. Religiosity and moralism go down easier than free forgiveness.
We are not saved by what Jesus taught, and we are certainly not saved by what we understand Jesus to have taught. We are saved by Jesus Himself. - Robert Farrar Capon
We are not saved by what Jesus taught, and we are certainly not saved by what we understand Jesus to have taught. We are saved by Jesus Himself.
A lost sheep is, for all practical purposes a dead sheep. It is the admission that we are dead in our sins---that we have no power of ourselves eithe… - Robert Farrar Capon
A lost sheep is, for all practical purposes a dead sheep. It is the admission that we are dead in our sins---that we have no power of ourselves eithe…
The world is by no means averse to religion. In fact, it is devoted to it with a passion. It will buy any recipe for salvation as long as that formul… - Robert Farrar Capon
The world is by no means averse to religion. In fact, it is devoted to it with a passion. It will buy any recipe for salvation as long as that formul…
What are you going to do with your freedom? - Robert Farrar Capon
What are you going to do with your freedom?
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