The reason I am a Christian is not that it is nice, but that it is true.

The meaning of atonement is not to be found in our penitence evoked by the sight of Calvary, but rather in what God did when in Christ on the cross He took our place and bore our sin.

The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve.

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

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

The law requires works of human achievement; the gospel requires faith in Christ's achievement. The law makes demands and bids us obey; the gospel brings promises and bids us believe.

Greatness in the kingdom of God is measured in terms of obedience.