"We need a Christ today Who will make cords and drive the buyers and sellers from our new temples; Who will blast the unfruitful fig tree; Who will talk of crosses and sacrifices and Whose voice will be like the voice of the raging sea. But He will not allow us to pick and choose among His words, discarding the hard ones and accepting the ones that please our fancy. We need a Christ Who will restore moral indignation, Who will make us hate evil with a passionate intensity, and love goodness to a point where we can drink death like water." p. 21

"Our Lord was not denying that men must be fed, or that social justice must be preached; but He was asserting that these things are not first." p. 65

"What makes the life of Christ unique is that He conditioned the establishment of His reign on...