The gospel creates the church, which spreads the gospel, which creates more churches, which in turn spread the gospel further ad infinitum.

The Bible isn’t about people trying to discover God, but about God reaching out to find us.

[Christian rebellion] arises from the doctrine of mankind made in the image of God, and therefore protests against all forms of dehumanization. It sets itself against the social injustices which insult God the Creator, seeks to protect human beings from oppression and longs to liberate them… it protests against every authoritarian regime, whether of the left or of the right, which discriminates against minorities, denies people their civil rights, forbids the free expression of opinions or imprisons people for their views alone.

The question is not so much what the hand is doing (passing over some cash or a check) but what the heart is thinking while the hand is doing it.

Truth without love is too hard; love without truth is too soft.

Mission arises from the heart of God Himself and is communicated from His heart to ours. Mission is the global outreach of the global people of a global God.

Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony