The reconciling gospel is always at the forefront of the church’s social action, because a full belly is not better than a reconciled soul.

Truly, God's plan of redemption is about more than me and you and our neighbor down the street. It's about men and women from every tribe, tongue, and nation on earth becoming a part of His covenant community.

So relational evangelism? Go for it, as long as it turns into real evangelism. You hanging out having a beer with your buddy so he can see that Christians are cool is not what we’re called to do. You’re eventually going to have to open up your mouth and share the gospel. When the pure gospel is shared, people respond.

The drug of choice in the modern age is levity. We want everything to be light and bubbly. We just want to feel good.

I don't believe in the end that God gave me cancer, but He certainly could have stopped it and didn't.

In 10,000 years you will not regret anything you didn’t have or do in this life.

Find the things that stir your affections for Christ and saturate your life in them. Find the things that rob you of that affection and walk away from them. That's the Christian life as easy as I can explain it for you.