“Christians have often been lamentably slow to grasp the profound secularity of the kingdom as it is proclaimed in the Gospels. Because… — Robert Farrar Capon Christianity Copy Share Image
Why do we marry, why take friends and lovers? Why give ourselves to music, painting, chemistry or cooking? Out of simple delight… — Robert Farrar Capon Chemistry Copy Share Image
“Christian theology, however, never is and never can be anything more than the thoughts that Christians have (alone or with others) after… — Robert Farrar Capon Adventure Copy Share Image
The world is by no means averse to religion. In fact, it is devoted to it with a passion. It will buy… — Robert Farrar Capon Cooking Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more likely to become garbage than orange rind; but for as long as anyone looks at it in delight, it… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
“unless I am mistaken, it was Mr. Welch himself (an adamant total abstainer) who persuaded American Protestantism to abandon what the Lord… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
“For another thing, people's notions of the really big scriptural Subject can be quite beside the point. Suppose, by way of illustration,… — Robert Farrar Capon Bible Copy Share Image
“IMITATION CITRUS FLAVORED DIETARY ARTIFICIALLY SWEETENED CARBONATED BEVERAGE. That, I submit, is not a label; it is an incantation. Someday, it should… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
We are not saved by what Jesus taught, and we are certainly not saved by what we understand Jesus to have taught.… — Robert Farrar Capon Inspirational Copy Share Image
“It turns out that what makes history come out in triumph is some dumb sheep that couldn't find its way home.” — Robert Farrar Capon History Copy Share Image
God makes the world not out of necessity but by a divine Whim, and the world he makes is a whimsically romantic… — Robert Farrar Capon Crazy Copy Share Image
“In the Bible, the opposite of Sin, with a capital 'S,' is not virtue - it's faith: faith in a God who… — Robert Farrar Capon Bible Copy Share Image
“a world in which no sparrow falls unknown, but-so much for the neatness of our diagrams-it is the Father's will that sparrows… — Robert Farrar Capon Supper-of-the-lamb Copy Share Image
What is good is difficult, and what is difficult is rare. — Robert Farrar Capon Adversity Copy Share Image
“judgment, as it is portrayed in the parables of Jesus (not to mention the rest of the New Testament) never comes until… — Robert Farrar Capon Grace Copy Share Image
We are so impressed by scientific clank that we feel we ought not to say that the sunflower turns because it knows… — Robert Farrar Capon Assured Copy Share Image
I like a cook who smiles out loud when he tastes his own work. Let God worry about your modesty; I want… — Robert Farrar Capon Cooking Copy Share Image
“Always remember, you don’t need bad people to get bad deeds done. All you need is somebody clever enough to convince good… — Robert Farrar Capon Bad people Copy Share Image
“God’s program is grace, not scorekeeping; free gift, not reward and punishment in this world.” — Robert Farrar Capon Grace Copy Share Image
“Perhaps you see, therefore, why I think taste must come before nutrition? Our infatuation for the quasi-scientific has left us easy marks… — Robert Farrar Capon Easy Copy Share Image
“He does not come to see if we are good: he comes to disturb the caked conventions by which we pretend to… — Robert Farrar Capon Hot air Copy Share Image
“Trust him. And when you have done that, you are living the life of grace. No matter what happens to you in… — Robert Farrar Capon Cup of tea Copy Share Image
You can fold up spiritually, morally, or intellectually and still be safe. Because at the very worst, all you can be is… — Robert Farrar Capon Cup of tea Copy Share Image
