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.

The issue on which everything hangs is not whether you like His teaching but if He ‪rose from the dead.

One of the most frequent responses I get from non-Christian readers is: 'I'm not sure I agree with all this, but I must say this is the first book I've read by a Christian that didn't treat me like I was an idiot.'

God has become human. The absolute has become particular. The ideal has become real. The divine has taken up a human nature.

It takes more than a great church to reach a city, it takes a great movement of churches.

If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.

Pride is that which claims to be the author of what is really a gift.