It is less important to ask a Christian what he or she believes about the Bible than it is to inquire what he or she does with it.

Live in the kingdom of God in such a way that it provokes questions for which the gospel is the answer.

I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.

The church is not meant to call men and women out of the world into a safe religious enclave but to call them out in order to send them back as agents of God's kingship.

Do things that will get people asking questions, the answer to which is the Gospel.

It has never at any time been possible to fit the resurrection of Jesus into any world view except a world view of which it is the basis.

The Church, wherever it is, is not only Christ's witness to its own people and nation, but also the home-base for a mission to the ends of the earth.

Our confidence...is not in the competence of our own knowing, but in the faithfulness and reliability of the one who is known.

The Church must be seen as the company of pilgrims on the way to the end of the world and the ends of the earth.

God's grace is not limited by any ecclesiastical barriers.

The living God is a God of justice and mercy and He will be satisfied with nothing less than a people in whom his justice and mercy are alive.

It’s like we have the bones of animals and the hearts of angels.

As it happens I don't think it was God- the woman who saved me, she doesn't look like she's had much to do with angels, Perhaps the Devil was behind me all the time.

He who sees things grow from the beginning will have the best view of them.

I never say 'never,' and I never say 'always.'

Good news comes in large packages

To consider the degree of concord which ultimately prevailed as less than a miracle.

A lot of people don't listen to the albums. They just listen to the singles.

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace.

It's amazing how much credit you can take, if you don't care about accomplishing anything.

Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature