If your fundamental is a man dying on the cross for his enemies, if the very heart of your self-image and your religion is a man praying for his enemies as he died for them, sacrificing for them, loving them - if that sinks into your heart of hearts, it's going to produce the kind of life that the early Christians produced. The most inclusive possible life out of the most exclusive possible claim - and that is this is the truth. But what is the truth? The truth is a God become weak, loving and dying for the people who opposed him, dying forgiving them.

The ministry of mercy, then, is the best advertising a church can have. It convinces a community that this church provides people with actions for their problems, not only talk. It shows the community that this church is compassionate.

As things are brought back under Christ's rule and authority, they are restored to health, beauty, and freedom.

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

There's nothing that makes you more miserable (or less interesting) than self-absorption .

The world is polarizing over religion. It is getting both more religious and less religious at the same time.

If Christianity is really true it will be offending and correcting you somewhere.