If You Equate God's Judgment

God, Give Us Grace To Accept With Serenity The Things That Cannot Be Changed, Courage To Change The Things Which Should Be Changed, And The Wisdom To Distinguish The One From The Other. This Prayer Was First Printed In A Monthly Bulletin Of The Federal Council Of Churches And Has Become Enormously Popular. It Has Been Circulated In Millions Of Copies.

Man Is Both Strong And Weak, Both Free And Bound, Both Blind And Far-seeing. He Stands At The Juncture Of Nature And Spirit; And Is Involved In Both Freedom And Necessity.

History May Defeat The Christ But It Nevertheless Points To Him As The Law Of Life.

The Fanatic Is Dangerous.

Frantic Orthodoxy Is Never Rooted In Faith But In Doubt. It Is When We Are Unsure That We Are Doubly Sure.