Discussions on ideologies should not focus on how they seem in their infantile stage, but on discussions on their fundamental nature and what they will turn out to be when fully grown.

This is a phrase we often use to satisfy ourselves that we are “good people” and are therefore going to heaven. But perhaps we must engage in deeper self-examination.

A covenant is very different to a contract. In a covenant, I give myself to the other person and it establishes a permanent interpersonal bond.