James Kelly

“Actions must follow what one believed, else one could not claim to believe it.”
― Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

“If simple folk are free from care and fear, simple they will be, and we must be secret to keep them so.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“one must be more zealous to please God than to avoid sin. One must sacrifice oneself utterly to God’s purposes, even to the point of possibly making moral mistakes. One’s obedience to God must be forward-oriented and zealous and free, and to be a mere moralist or pietist would make such a life impossible:”
― Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

“Things do exist that are worth standing up for without compromise. To me it seems that peace and social justice are such things, as is Christ himself.”
― Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy