Christianity is at its best when it is peculiar, marginalized, suffering, and it is at its worst when it is popular, credible, triumphal, and powerful.

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

As Christians, we should be the best collaborators in the world. We should be quick to find unlikely allies and subversive friends, like Jesus did.

I always tell our community that we should attract the people Jesus attracted and frustrate the people Jesus frustrated. It's certainly never our goal to frustrate, but it is worth noting that the people who were constantly agitated were the self-righteous, religious elite, the rich, and the powerful. But the people who were fascinated by him, by his love and grace, were folks who were already wounded and ostracized — folks who didn't have much to lose, who already knew full well that they were broken and needed a Savior.

[Jesus] said that they will know we are Christians - not by our bumper stickers and T-shirts - but by our love.

Every 70-year-old needs a young person in their lives to mentor, and every 20-year-old needs a senior.

I'm just not convinced that Jesus is going to say, "When I was hungry, you gave a check to the United Way and they fed me.