To preach the gospel is to show people their need for salvation against a backdrop of God's nature and the character of sin, and then present Jesus as the only remedy for what ails them and the world. In my weekly preaching in the worship services I always call people to believe in Christ.

Marriage does not so much bring you into confrontation with your spouse as confront you with yourself.

Jesus cannot be just liked. His claims make us either kill him or crown him.

The rich brother needs to let the gospel humble him while the poor brother needs to let the gospel affirm him.

God is so committed to your ultimate joy that he was willing to plunge into the greatest depths of suffering himself for you.

We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.

I am a Christian resident of New York City. I simply read things the other Manhattanites read (NY Times, New Yorker magazine, Wall Street Journal, and many of the books they read) plus all my Christian reading. I don't do anything special to understand skeptics. I also talk to a lot of skeptics and read things they point to.