The sin under all other sins is a lack of joy in Christ.

I wouldn't venture to say which kind of sin is more prevalent. I wouldn't even want to try to characterize certain 'circles.'

Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.

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.

The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus's tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.

What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.

The gospel is an exclusive truth but it's the most inclusive exclusive truth in the world.