We could cope—the world could cope—with a Jesus who ultimately remains a wonderful idea inside his disciples' minds and hearts. The world cannot cope with a Jesus who comes out of the tomb, who inaugurates God's new creation right in the middle of the old one.

What many people today assume Christianity to be is basically Plutarch plus Jesus.

That is what worship is all about. It is the glad shout of praise that arises to God the creator and God the rescuer from the creation that recognizes its maker, the creation that acknowledges the triumph of Jesus the Lamb. That is the worship that is going on in heaven, in God's dimension, all the time. The question we ought to be asking is how best we might join in.

We have to train ourselves to use words accurately. And there's so much loose Christian talk, for which I've no doubt been as guilty as any.

Worship is love on its knees before the beloved; just as mission is love on its feet to serve the beloved

The cross is the surest, truest and deepest window on the very heart and character of the living and loving God.

All history involves selection, and it is always human beings who do the selecting.