Commenting on LaVell Edwards' contribution to college football: He may not be at the head of the class, but whatever read more

Commenting on LaVell Edwards' contribution to college football: He may not be at the head of the class, but whatever class he is in it doesn't take long to call the roll.

Violence does even justice unjustly.

Violence does even justice unjustly.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of read more

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture read more

Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper, and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence.

Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high read more

Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high and most of the elected spokesmen represent the Establishment, violence may be the only effective response.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does read more

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

If you are worshipping false gods—such as football, baseball, gold, tennis, or money or technology or automobiles or houses or read more

If you are worshipping false gods—such as football, baseball, gold, tennis, or money or technology or automobiles or houses or gold or silver—and you can tell what a man worships by what he does on Sunday—repent and start worshipping the true and living God, the maker of heaven and earth and all things that in them are.