I'm absolutely, utterly, and completely certain that God wouldn't be homophobic. I'd much rather go to hell - I really would much rather go to hell - than go to a homophobic heaven.

People want much the same things, but they have been formed by history to have a particular perception of the other.

There are levels of poverty in South Africa that are totally unacceptable.

Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.

How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?

The way sometimes we preach we make out that God is waiting eagerly to catch us out. It's not that way at all. I mean, it is extraordinary because it almost is as if God in fact wills us also to sin, but that is not true.

For Christians, who believe they are created in the image of God, it is the Godhead, diversity in unity and the three-in-oneness of God, which we and all creation reflect.