Moral cowardice at the expense of the vulnerable unborn is both wrong and pathetic.

An 'almost gospel' doesn't raise a corpse.

The church is not built on the rock foundation of geniuses and influencers but of apostles and prophets.

I believe that we're all created in the image of God and we're all fallen sinners. And I think we can recognize that as we look backward in history.

The biblical picture is not one of an upward, linear progress or a precipitous, downward decline. It is a more complicated picture of a fallen world in which there is a gospel of power.

I think we can remember our past without valorizing parts of our past that we ought to see as wrong.

Charleston was where America split apart in 1861. Maybe it's where America comes together in 2015.

Too often, our concept of pastors and church leaders reinforces rather than obliterates the sad state of family life in our current context.

The root of impatience in discipline is really the same as that of overindulgence. In both instances, parents want to make up for lost time, to speed up a process that takes time.

We find it difficult to distinguish between spiritual combatants… and their hostages.

The culture around us knows what it means when they see a church in perpetual bluster and outrage. They know that we are scared.

My dreams kept me trying when I could have quit.

What impressed me about Plato and Sartre was their conviction that we should live our lives in the light of big truths about reality and human existence.

When you pursue significance, success can find you.

The only continent with a growth rate lower than Europe is Antarctica.

"I'm sorry I'm young," Deborah answered with a bitterness that was half prose. "We have a right to be as crazy as anyone else"

I like to think I'm pretty good at what I do.

Food, like the people who eat it, can be stimulated by wine or spirits. And, as with people, it can also be spoiled.

The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach music with a serious rigor and, at the same time, with a great, affectionate joy.

Get that finger out of your ear! You don't know where that finger's been!

Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on, when I was younger I tended to overbook my life.