The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.

No writer or thinker has taught me as much as James Hunter has about this all-important and complex subject of how culture is changed.

Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.

The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.

The gospel shows a God far more holy than the legalist can bear, yet far more merciful than a humanist can conceive

The two things we all want so desperately — glory and relationship — can coexist only with God.

Tolerance is not the absence of belief. Tolerance is how your beliefs teach you to treat other people