There is no reason to make the search for friendship sound like an animal instinct. Friendship does not always come as a result of a search; it can come when we least look for it, just as it denies itself… — Martin E. Marty Copy Share Image
“Getting closer to home, is it a fully satisfying repentance if we only deal with the past, which cannot be changed? “Alas, what did… — Martin E. Marty Copy Share
There is no reason to make the search for friendship sound like an animal instinct. Friendship does not always come as a result of… — Martin E. Marty Copy Share
“Of course, the Catholics also believed in grace and faith. But they disagreed on how grace and faith were effected and experienced and what… — Martin E. Marty Copy Share
The people who are good at being civil often lack strong convictions and people who have strong convictions often lack civility. — Martin E. Marty Copy Share
I have a hard time picturing several aspects of the modern world without Luther. — Martin E. Marty Copy Share
Not only do we cheat ourselves and those around us if we are only glum or always wary when it comes time to respond… — Martin E. Marty Copy Share
Don't try to impress God with your works" or "Don't attempt to please God with your merits" or "Don't try to keep the rules… — Martin E. Marty Copy Share
All the truly deep people have at the core of their being the genius to be simple or to know how to seek simplicity — Martin E. Marty Copy Share
Even the cry from the depths is an affirmation: Why cry if there is no hint of hope of hearing? — Martin E. Marty Copy Share
The forces, movements, and energies that today we call religious, spiritual, or faith-based have related through the ages in diverse ways to the spheres… — Martin E. Marty Copy Share
A saint has to be a misfit. A person who embodies what his culture considers typical or normal cannot be exemplary. — Martin E. Marty Copy Share
If you go deep enough into any faith tradition, you find the common ground with all faith traditions. — Martin E. Marty Copy Share
