The victory of the Church over the power which was embodied in the Roman imperial system was not won by seizing the levers of power: it was won when the victims knelt down in the Colosseum and prayed in the name of Jesus for the Emperor.

Live in the kingdom of God in such a way that it provokes questions for which the gospel is the answer.

God's grace is not limited by any ecclesiastical barriers.

Our confidence...is not in the competence of our own knowing, but in the faithfulness and reliability of the one who is known.

Modern capitalism has created a world totally different from anything known before.

Do things that will get people asking questions, the answer to which is the Gospel.

The missionary calling has sometimes been interpreted as a calling to stem this fearful cataract of souls going to eternal perdition. But I do not find this in the center of the New Testament representation of the missionary calling.