Something is profoundly wrong and we are desperate for justice, for restoration and for somebody somewhere to do something about this.

Salvation is the entire universe being brought back into harmony with its maker.

Many in the modern world fell for the myth that we're living in a static, fixed, flat reality of just material things.

Freedom is not having everything we crave, it's being able to go without the things we crave and being OK with it.

As a pastor, you get invited into the most poignant moments of people's lives. Whether it's a wedding or a funeral or a hospital visit, you get invited into the center of the event, whether or not you know the people.

I embrace the term 'evangelical,' if by that we mean a belief that we together can actually work for change in the world, caring for the environment, extending to the poor generosity and kindness, a hopeful outlook. That's a beautiful sort of thing.

God has spoken, and everything else is commentary.