Michael Kaspar

“God’s standard of truth entailed more than merely “not lying.” In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, “You have heard it said . . . but I say unto you.” Jesus took the Old Testament laws to a deeper level of meaning and obedience, from the “letter of the Law” to the “Spirit of the Law.” Following the letter of the law was the dead “religion” of which Barth, among others, had written. It was man’s attempt to deceive God into thinking one was being obedient, which was a far greater deception. God always required something deeper than religious legalism.”
― Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

“The more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and I think the same is true of human beings.”
― Henry David Thoreau