People had taught me what Christians believe, but no one had told me how Christians live.

If we believe terrorists are past redemption, we should just rip up like 1/2 the New Testament because it was written by one.

Christians pretty much live like everybody else, they just sprinkle a little Jesus in along the way.

The more I get to know Jesus, the more trouble he seems to get me into.

As an American, and especially as a Christian, I am convinced that a love for our own people is not a bad thing, but love doesn't stop at borders. Love is infinitely boundless and all about holy trespassing and offensive friendships.

Karl Barth said it well: "We have to read the Bible in one hand... and the newspaper in the other." Our faith should not cause us to escape this world but to engage it.

One of the great dangers in political engagement is misplaced hope.