A church must be more deeply and practically committed to deeds of compassion and social justice than traditional liberal churches and more deeply and practically committed to evangelism and conversion than traditional fundamentalist churches. This kind of church is profoundly counter-intuitive to American observers. It breaks their ability to categorize (and dismiss) it as liberal or conservative. Only this kind of church has any chance in the non-Christian west.

We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.

The gospel destroys pride because it tells us we are so lost that Jesus had to die for us.

God's Kingdom is "present in its beginnings, but still future in its fullness. This guards us from an under-realized eschatology (expecting no change now) and an over-realized eschatology (expecting all change now). In this stage, we embrace the reality that while we're not yet what we will be, we're also no longer what we used to be.

We get angry when we feel like God owes us a better life than we have.

Let us preach grace till humility just starts to grow in us.

The more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others.