One of the best introductions to the history and ideas of Calvinism, packed with insight and wisdom.

Within each of us exists the image of God, however disfigured and corrupted by sin it may presently be. God is able to recover this image through grace as we are conformed to Christ.

The Christian faith allows us to see further and deeper, to appreciate that nature is studded with signs, radiant with reminders, and emblazoned with symbols of God, our creator and redeemer.

A failure to understand something does not mean it is irrational. It may simply mean that it lies on the far side of our limited abilities to take things in and make complete sense of them.

Christianity israrely understood by those outside its bounds. In fact, this is probably one of the greatest tasks confronting the apologist–to rescue Christianity from misunderstandings.

Suffering does not call into question the "big picture" of the Christian faith. It reminds us that we do not see the whole picture, and are thus unable to fit all of the pieces neatly into place.

Our present world contains clues...to another world-a world which we can begin to experience now, but will only know in all its fullness at the end of things.

Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish.

Our desires cannot be, and were never meant to be, satisfied by earthly pleasures alone.

The true believer is not someone who disengages from this world in order to focus on heaven, but rather the one who tries to make this world more like heaven.

We live on earth; our homeland is in heaven.

I think part of why I have so many books around me and why I read every day is because I mythologize the writer. I don’t do that with any other artists.

Whatever the goal, small, daily investments can bring big results.

By themselves, they are not enough; we also need to engage in political action.

People who are willing to get off their arse to search the entire room for the TV remote because they refuse to walk to the TV and change the channel manually.

Thoughts disentangle themselves when they pass through the lips and fingertips.

Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.

Produce as many ideas as possible. Try to produce unlikely ideas.

I saw this bloke chatting up a cheetah. He was trying to pull a fast one.

This work is either useless or harmful, because there is nothing good about populism. If you wanted to hear my opinion on this issue, that is what I think.

I deem it established, then, that the Constitution does not recognize property in man, but leaves that question, as between the states, to the law of nature and of nations.