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 The assumption that society will improve simply be more Christian believers being present is no longer valid.

What greater value could you possibly have than to be delighted in and sacrificed for by the Maker of the universe.

A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God's.

Only when our greatest love is God, a love that we cannot lose even in death, can we face all things with peace. Grief was not to be eliminated but seasoned and buoyed up with love and hope.

God's salvation does not come in response to a changed life. A changed life comes in response to the salvation, offered as a free gift.

Any person who only sticks with Christianity as long as things are going his or her way, is a stranger to the cross

The world can’t save itself. That’s the message of Christmas.