In every historical period, the religious groups that grow most rapidly are those that set believers at odds with the surrounding culture.

Beginning under the Roman Empire, intellectual leadership in the West had been provided by Christianity. In the middle ages, who invented the first universities - in Paris, Oxford, Cambridge? The church.

If people deny free will, then when ordering at a restaurant they should say, "Just bring me whatever the laws of nature have determined that I will get."

All of science is largely formalized common sense.

Indigenous people have discovered that Christianity is not inherently Western but universal - 'translatable' into any cultural idiom.

When the only form of cultural commentary Christians offer is moral condemnation, no wonder we come across to non-believers as angry and scolding.

Having a Christian worldview means being utterly convinced that biblical principles are not only true but also work better in the grit and grime of the real world.