Light Theology & Heavy Cream Quotes

“Always remember, you don’t need bad people to get bad deeds done. All you need is somebody clever enough to convince good people that a nefarious policy is actually the greatest thing since the pop-up toaster. As I have frequently observed, most of the serious evils in the world have been done in the name of good.”
― Robert Farrar Capon, Light Theology and Heavy Cream: The Culinary Adventures of Pietro and Madeline

“God’s program is grace, not scorekeeping; free gift, not reward and punishment in this world.”
― Robert Farrar Capon, Light Theology and Heavy Cream: The Culinary Adventures of Pietro and Madeline

“Lamb was the worst-cooked meat in America. Some culinary know-nothing had sold the entire country on 175 degrees as the correct internal temperature for a done leg. Done-in would have been a better word.”
― Robert Farrar Capon, Light Theology and Heavy Cream: The Culinary Adventures of Pietro and Madeline

“While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. He has taken the cleanup entirely into his own hands. He has just gone and done it without waiting for us; and he invites us simply to trust that he has it all accomplished for us in Jesus—and to proclaim that trust by acting as if we really believed it.”
― Robert Farrar Capon, Light Theology and Heavy Cream: The Culinary Adventures of Pietro and Madeline

“God in Jesus didn’t prevent sinners from sinning, he went around forgiving them right and left.”
― Robert Farrar Capon, Light Theology and Heavy Cream: The Culinary Adventures of Pietro and Madeline