Only in Jesus Christ do we see how the untamable, infinite God can become a baby and a loving Savior. On the cross we see how both the love and the holiness of God can be fulfilled at once.

We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer life of ministry

Careful obedience to God’s law may serve as a strategy for rebelling against God

Only if you are part of a community of believers seeking to resemble, serve, and love Jesus will you ever get to know him and grow into his likeness.

One of the signs that you may not grasp the unique, radical nature of the gospel is that you are certain that you do.

Life in this fallen world is to a great degree meaningless, our aspirations are constantly being frustrated, and sometimes the respectable people are oppressive and bigoted. And yet there is a Good that will triumph over Evil in the end. From a Christian perspective the problem with both kinds of stories is that they tend to blame problems on things besides sin and identify salvation in things besides God — and therefore are ultimately too simplistic.

The Christian faith gives us a new conception of work as the means by which God loves and cares for his world through us.