Within orthodoxy, there is always a danger of faith collapsing into fear.

Without God's Spirit, there is nothing we can do that will count for God's kingdom. Without God's Spirit, the church simply can't be the church.

By all means write new songs. Each generation must do that. But to neglect the church's original hymnbook is, to put it bluntly, crazy

From my student days I found him a compelling and fascinating, though often puzzling, figure. It's a lifelong fascination now and I don't expect that to stop! His vision of God, God's faithfulness, God's purposes and so on is so much bigger and richer than almost any subsequent Christian thinker has ever managed. In addition, I have always loved ancient history, especially the history of the early Roman empire, and of course Paul fits right into that.

I think future generations will say the late 20th century and the early 21st century was a time of great convulsions and upheavals.

I feel about John's gospel like I feel about my wife; I love her very much, but I wouldn't claim to understand her.

The kingdom that Jesus preached and lived was all about a glorious, uproarious, absurd generosity.