Whether we are reading the Bible for the first time or standing in a field in Israel next to a historian and an archaeologist and a scholar, the Bible meets us where we are. That is what truth does

Celebrity seems totally at odds with authentic community and honest, real sorts of relationships.

The Bible tells a story. A story that isn’t over. A story that is still being told. A story that we have a part to play in.

The lesson that has been hardest for me to learn: there is nothing to prove.

Agape doesn't love somebody because they're worthy. Agape makes them worthy by the strength and power of its love. Agape doesn't love somebody because they're beautiful. Agape loves in such a way that it makes them beautiful.

I'm very comfortable in a room with thousands of people.

The fundamental story arc of the Bible is God is passionate about rescuing this world, restoring it, renewing it.