Persecution is simply the clash between two irreconcilable value-systems.

God does not love us because Christ died for us; Christ died for us because God loved us.

We do not need to wait for the Holy Spirit to come: he came on the day of Pentecost. He has never left the church.

It is a great comfort to know that our judge will be none other than our savior.

The chief occupational hazard of leadership is pride.

An unchurched christian is a grotesque anomaly. The New Testament knows nothing of such a person. For the church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought. It is not an accident of history. On the contrary, the church is God's new community.

Christianity is in its very essence a resurrection religion. The concept of resurrection lies at its heart. If you remove it, Christianity is destroyed.