Everyday life became infused with urgency as I tried to speak and act in ways that fit the holy script and glorified God in new contexts.

Pride does not listen. It knows.

Being a systematic theologian allows me to indulge all my interests - in literature, film, art, music - by relating them all to God.

Theology is faith seeking understanding, but understanding is more than theoretical. If we really grasp who and where we are as disciples, we should know how to live out our faith.

Desire for God without doctrine is blind; doctrine without desire is empty.

My goal as a theologian is to move beyond the acquisition of knowledge to its application in real life: in a word, I want to get wisdom.

All biblical exegetes and theologians have a theory of language, whether they acknowledge it or not.

Christianity is neither a system of ideas nor of morality but a way, a way of life.

Life is something to be done, and so is drama.

I'm interested in the history of ideas and how these ideas take on flesh and influence culture, and the church.

The world needs more anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough.

There is always a unique atmosphere in the car when you drive through the City with a dead body in the back.

With stand-up, it doesn't matter who you are. If the audience claps because they love your movies, that clapping stops after five seconds, and then it's your job to make them laugh.

The Heisman is the biggest award I've ever won.

I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones.

Money talks — but credit has an echo.

I was born to an Arab father and I was born Islamic.

No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it.

I love working with Alexander Skarsgard. He brings such gravity to a scene.

I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the face of death, et cetera. The truth? My only thought was: Aaaaggghhhhh!