The Gospel worldview equips the artist with a unique combination of optimism and realism about life.

I've heard plenty of Christians try to answer the why question by going back to the what. "You have to believe because Jesus is the Son of God." But that's answering the why with more what. Increasingly we live in a time in which you can't avoid the why question. Just giving the what (for example, a vivid gospel presentation) worked in the days when the cultural institutions created an environment in which Christianity just felt true or at least honorable. But in a post-Christendom society, in the marketplace of ideas, you have to explain why this is true, or people will just dismiss it.

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

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

God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver. From the earliest parts of the Bible, it was understood that God could not forgive without sacrifice. No one who is seriously wronged can “just forgive” the perpetrator.

True citizens of the heavenly city are the best residents of the earthly city.

The rich brother needs to let the gospel humble him while the poor brother needs to let the gospel affirm him.