The faith in Christ that saves us from our sins involves an internal transformation that has external implications.

Managing senior programmers is like herding cats.

God in His providence hasn't called us to watch history, but to shape history by praying in His Name.

And while we stand with conviction and courage, we must live with compassion. Amid a world with massive social needs around us, ranging from desperate poverty and orphan crises and millions of girls being trafficked for sex, to the degradation of marriage and the abortion of babies, we need to speak and act with selfless love on all of these issues.

We do not have time to waste our lives coasting out casual, comfortable Christianity.

Nothing is impossible for the people of God who trust in the power of God to accomplish the will of God.

I believe that the gospel and the American Dream have fundamentally different starting points. The American Dream begins with self, exalts self, says you are inherently good and you have in you what it takes to be successful so do all you can, work with everything you have to make much of yourself. The gospel begins with God, the reality that we were created to exalt his name to the ends of the earth.