I was deepening my understanding of what we call the cultural commission, the command to take dominion and bring righteousness to our culture.

Wilberforce and the band of abolitionists knew that a private faith that did not act in the face of oppression was no faith at all.

Redeeming culture is the never ending mission of the church.

In our day, you can mock religion in public and even get funds for doing it. But you can't show respect for religion in public - or you risk being hauled into court.

Power is like saltwater; the more you drink, the thirstier you get.

Christians should never have a political party. It is a huge mistake to become married to an ideology, because the greatest enemy of the gospel is ideology. Ideology is a man-made format of how the world ought to work, and Christians instead believed in the revealing truth Scripture.

The dynamism and freedom that characterizes the West is the product of Christianity's reforming itself and moving forward culturally. The ascendancy of the West is the story of the difference that Christianity makes, and it's a story we can't let our culture forget.