If you're a Christian you're just a shadow of your future self.

Love is not just tolerance. It's not just distant appreciation. It's a warm sense of, 'I am enjoying the fact that you are you.'

Wherever St. Paul went, there was a riot. Wherever I go, they serve tea.

All human governments are intended by God to do justice and mercy - to look after, in particular, the needs of the poor and disadvantaged.

I guess, as an Anglican, there's always room to move, which can be a dangerous thing, but also a very healthy thing, because bits of the great biblical tradition which you haven't fully plugged into before you've got the space to grow into... not least, the sacraments.

Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.

The Bible is the book of my life. It's the book I live with, the book I live by, the book I want to die by.