I Think It's Very Important To Maintain

Of Course, Nobody Would Deny The Importance Of Human Beings For Theological Thinking, But The Time Span Of History That Theologians Think About Is A Few Thousand Years Of Human Culture Rather Than The Fifteen Billion Years Of The History Of The Universe.

I Was Very Much On The Mathematical Side, Where You Probably Do Your Best Work Before You're Forty-five. Having Passed That Significant Date, I Thought I Would Do Something Else.

Science Cannot Tell Theology How To Construct A Doctrine Of Creation, But You Can't Construct A Doctrine Of Creation Without Taking Account Of The Age Of The Universe And The Evolutionary Character Of Cosmic History.

Chance Doesn't Mean Meaningless Randomness, But Historical Contingency. This Happens Rather Than That, And That's The Way That Novelty, New Things, Come About.

God Is Not A God Of The Edges, With A Vested Interest In Beginnings. God Is The God Of The Whole Show.