Every Experience Of Beauty Points To [eternity].

Without A Doubt, At The Center Of The New Testament There Stands The Cross, Which Receives Its Interpretation From The Resurrection.

But The Issue Is Not Only Life And Death But Our Existence Before God And Our Being Judged By Him. All Of Us Were Sinners Before Him And Worthy Of Condemnation.

Christian Obedience, By Its Very Nature, Has A Heroic Character.

Hence The Importance Of Patience In The New Testament, Which Becomes The Basic Constituent Of Christianity, More Central Even Than Humility: The Power To Wait, To Persevere, To Hold Out, To Endure To The End, Not To Transcend One's Own Limitations, Not To Force Issues By Playing The Hero Or The Titan, But To Practice The Virtue That Lies Beyond Heroism, The Meekness Of The Lamb Which Is Led.

The Saints Are Never The Kind Of Killjoy Spinster Aunts Who Go In For Faultfinding And Lack All Sense Of Humor.