God is not a supporting actor in our life movie. We exist for his purposes, not the other way around.
Michael HortonAs we are brought into God's extraordinary kingdom through ordinary means, we are remade, no longer fashioned as competitors for commodities in a world of scarce resources, but as co-sharers with Christ in the circulation of gifts that flows outward from its source without running out.
Michael HortonTheology, not morality, is the first business on the church's agenda of reform, and the church, not society, is the first target of divine criticism.
Michael HortonOur society trains us to think of marriage as a contractual arrangement. If one party fails to fulfill his or her end, the contract is null and void. Increasingly children are raised in a contractual environment. When contractual thinking dominates our horizon, we can even make Jesus or the church an asset we think we can manage.
Michael Horton