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.

Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion.

We humans, you see, have an infinite capacity for self-rationalization.

Our society's obsession with tolerance leads to intolerance. Simply being a Christian today is an offense to our culture.

I do not believe one can experience conversion or the fullness of the Christian life apart from the church.

Life is a mess. And theology must be lived out in the midst of that mess.

You are called not to be successful or to meet any of the other counterfeit standards of this world, but to be faithful and to be expended in the cause of serving the risen and returning Christ.