Theology is faith seeking understanding, but understanding is more than theoretical. If we really grasp who and where we are as disciples, we should know how to live out our faith.

Christianity is neither a system of ideas nor of morality but a way, a way of life.

I'm interested in the history of ideas and how these ideas take on flesh and influence culture, and the church.

Desire for God without doctrine is blind; doctrine without desire is empty.

Theology is faith seeking understanding, but understanding is more than theoretical. If we really grasp who and where we are as disciples, we should know how to live out our faith.

Everyday life became infused with urgency as I tried to speak and act in ways that fit the holy script and glorified God in new contexts.

Being a systematic theologian allows me to indulge all my interests - in literature, film, art, music - by relating them all to God.