“While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. He has taken the cleanup entirely into his own hands. He has just… — Robert Farrar Capon Trust Copy Share Image
A lost sheep is, for all practical purposes a dead sheep. It is the admission that we are dead in our sins---that… — Robert Farrar Capon Admission Copy Share Image
“Every dish in the ferial cuisine, however, provides a double or treble delight: Not only is the body nourished and the palate… — Robert Farrar Capon Food Copy Share Image
He comes to us in the brokenness of our health, in the shipwreck of our family lives, in the loss of all… — Robert Farrar Capon Brokenness Copy Share Image
“The kingdom grows, he says, because the kingdom is already planted. It grows of itself and in its own good time. Above… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
“Parables are told only because they are true, not because the actions of the characters in them can be recommended for imitation.… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
Do you seriously envision St. Paul or Calvin or Luther opening bottles of Welch's Grape Juice in the sacristy before the service?… — Robert Farrar Capon Bottles Copy Share Image
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of trolls. — Robert Farrar Capon Custody Copy Share Image
“cover each with plastic wrap (you see, I hope, that I am no mere antiquarian, insisting on barefoot walks through unimproved sculleries.… — Robert Farrar Capon Supper-of-the-lamb Copy Share Image
“Accordingly, my new version of what the Bible is about reads as follows: it is about the mystery by which the power… — Robert Farrar Capon Bible Copy Share Image
The life of grace is not an effort on our part to achieve a goal we set ourselves. It is a continually… — Robert Farrar Capon Achieve Copy Share Image
