God must speak to us before we have any liberty to speak to him. He must disclose to us who he is before we can offer him what we are in acceptable worship. The worship of God is always a response to the Word of God. Scripture wonderfully directs and enriches our worship.

We need to repent of the haughty way in which we sometimes stand in judgment upon Scripture and must learn to sit humbly under its judgment instead.

Why is it that some Christians cross land and sea, continents and cultures, as missionaries? What on earth impels them? It is not in order to commend a civilization, an institution or an ideology, but rather a person, Jesus Christ, whom they believe to be unique.

Instead of inflicting upon us the judgment we deserved, God in Christ endured it in our place.

The chief occupational hazard of leadership is pride.

In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it?

We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.