The concept of substitution lies at the heart of both sin and salvation. For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man.

No theology is genuinely Christian which does not arise from and focus on the cross.

We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior.

Prayer is the very way God Himself has chosen for us to express our conscious need of Him and our humble dependence on Him.

Social responsibility becomes an aspect not of Christian mission only, but also of Christian conversion. It is impossible to be truly converted to God without being thereby converted to our neighbor.

There is something inherently inappropriate about cherishing small ambitions for God.

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