Even if 80 percent of the population of a country are Christian believers, they will have almost no cultural influence if the Christians do not live in cultural centers and work in culture-forging fields such as academia, publishing, media, entertainment, and the arts. The assumption that society will improve simply be more Christian believers being present is no longer valid.

For every one look at your sins, take five looks at your Savior.

Believers should acknowledge and wrestle with doubts... It is no longer sufficient to hold beliefs just because you inherited them.

The more you understand how your salvation isn't about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.

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.

To take a person out of slavery takes an instant. To take slavery out of a person takes a process.

To pray is to accept that we are, and always will be, wholly dependent on God for everything.