The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church.

The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church.

It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important read more

It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

We are anxious when there is a dissonance between our "knowledge" and the perceivable facts. Since our "knowledge" is not read more

We are anxious when there is a dissonance between our "knowledge" and the perceivable facts. Since our "knowledge" is not to be doubted or questioned, it is the facts that have to be altered...

Sermons are like pie-crust, the shorter the better.

Sermons are like pie-crust, the shorter the better.

Faith is the refusal to panic.

Faith is the refusal to panic.

Repentance may be old-fashioned, but it is not outdated so long as there is sin.

Repentance may be old-fashioned, but it is not outdated so long as there is sin.

The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.

The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.

A man often preaches his beliefs precisely when he has lost them and is looking everywhere for them, and, on read more

A man often preaches his beliefs precisely when he has lost them and is looking everywhere for them, and, on such occasions, his preaching is by no means at its worst.