“The Gospel of grace must not be turned into a bait-and-switch offer. It is not one of those airline supersavers in which… — Robert Farrar Capon Grace Copy Share Image
“Because the creative Word is the eternal contemporary of every moment of the world's existence, the kingdom is catholic in time as… — Robert Farrar Capon Every moment Copy Share Image
“Jesus not only revealed himself, he hid himself at the same time.” — Robert Farrar Capon Jesus Copy Share Image
Salvation is not some felicitous state to which we can lift ourselves by our own bootstraps after the contemplation of sufficiently good… — Robert Farrar Capon Best effort Copy Share Image
Preachers are stewards whom the Lord has ‘set over his household servants to provide them with food at the proper time.’ After… — Robert Farrar Capon Church Copy Share Image
“Both the ferial and the festal cuisine, therefore, must be seen as styles of unabashed eating. Neither attempts to do anything to… — Robert Farrar Capon Food Copy Share Image
The shock of unemployment becomes a pathology in its own right. — Robert Farrar Capon Pathology Copy Share Image
Give us this day our daily taste. Restore to us soups that spoons will not sink in and sauces which are never… — Robert Farrar Capon Bread Copy Share Image
Older women are like aging strudels - the crust may not be so lovely, but the filling has come at last into… — Robert Farrar Capon Aging Copy Share Image
A good time occurs precisely when we lose track of what time it is. — Robert Farrar Capon Good times Copy Share Image
“The secular, for all its goodness, does not defend itself very well against mindless and perpetual consumption. It cries out to be… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
The reason for not going out and sinning all you like is the same as the reason for not going out and… — Robert Farrar Capon Adultery Copy Share Image
“We were never told that it would not hurt, only that nothing would ever finally go wrong; not that it would not… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
The world exists, not for what it means but for what it is. The purpose of mushrooms is to be mushrooms, wine… — Robert Farrar Capon Creation Copy Share Image
It is precisely because no one needs soup, fish, meat, salad, cheese, and dessert at one meal that we so badly need… — Robert Farrar Capon Cheese Copy Share Image
“Often when people try to say what the Bible is about, they let their own mindset ride roughshod over what actually lies… — Robert Farrar Capon Bible Copy Share Image
“There, then, is the role of the amateur: to look the world back to grace. There, too, is the necessity of his… — Robert Farrar Capon Art Copy Share Image
If you take all your meals seriously, none of them gets a chance to matter. — Robert Farrar Capon Chance Copy Share Image
Every real thing is a joy, if only you have eyes and ears to relish it, a nose and tongue to taste… — Robert Farrar Capon Ears Copy Share Image
“The world may or may not need another cookbook, but it needs all the lovers – amateurs – it can get. It… — Robert Farrar Capon Love Copy Share Image
“We were given appetites, not to consume the world and forget it, but to taste its goodness and hunger to make it… — Robert Farrar Capon Hunger Copy Share Image
Christianity is not a religion; it is the announcement of the end of religion. — Robert Farrar Capon Announcements Copy Share Image
“Jesus obviously does not answer many questions from you or me. Which is why apologetics is always such a questionable enterprise. Jesus… — Robert Farrar Capon Apologetics Copy Share Image
Grace cannot prevail...until our lifelong certainty that someone is keeping score has run out of steam and collapsed. — Robert Farrar Capon Certainty Copy Share Image
