Is it our task to force the biblical doctrine of God to answer to modern culture, or (is it our task) to address modern culture with the biblical doctrine of God? If modern culture-or any culture-establishes the baseline for the doctrine of God, such a doctrine will certainly bear little resemblance to the God of the Bible.

You cannot coherently affirm the Christian-truth claim and the dominant model of evolutionary theory at the same time.

If the college you visit has a bookstore filled with t-shirts rather than books, find another college.

Don't Just Do Something: Stand There. Don't Just Stand There: Do Something.

Our responsibility is to get God's word to their ears. Only God can get the word from their ears to their heart.

To be a leader is to communicate constantly, skillfully, intentionally, and strategically

Everyone is in a hurry. The persons whom I lead in worship, among whom I counsel, visit, pray, preach, and teach, want shortcuts. They want me to help them fill in the form that will get them instant credit (in eternity). They are impatient for results. They have adopted the lifestyle of a tourist and only want the high points. . . . The Christian life cannot mature under such conditions and in such ways.