There is evidence for the deity of Jesus -- good, strong, historical , cumulative evidence; evidence to which an honest person can subscribe without committing intellectual suicide.

Circumcision stands for a religion of human achievement, of what man can do by his own good works; Christ stands for a religion of divine achievement, of what God has done through the finished work of Christ.

I have sometimes called this 'double listening'. Listening to the voice of God in Scripture, and listening to the voices of the modern world, with all their cries of anger, pain and despair.

A Christian should resemble a fruit tree with real fruit, not a Christmas tree with decorations tied on

We have the means of evangelizing our country, but they are slumbering in the pews of our churches.

The overriding reason why we should take other people's cultures seriously is because God has taken ours seriously.

Moved by the perfection of His holy love, God in Christ substituted Himself for us sinners. That is the heart of the cross of Christ.