_For what ends_ does one claim cosmopolitanism? _Whose interest_ does it serve?

In any theological struggle, the first thousand years are always the bitterest.

Theology without proclamation is empty, proclamation without theology is blind.

Learning to think rigorously, so as to act rightly and to serve humanity better.

Whatever else in the Bible catches your eye, do not let it distract you from Him.

...we can never attain a maximum love of God with only a minimum knowledge of God

The less theorizing you do about God, the more receptive you are to His inpouring.

IGNORANCE is without gaining Knowledge & Knowledge is gained without IGNORANCE

Theological discourse can be, in and of itself, a form of identity and solidarity.

About the time I told God that He didn't exist, I was desperate for an identity.

Prayer is an acknowledgment that our need of God's help is not partial but total.

Everything smaller than Heaven bores us because only Heaven is bigger than our hearts.

I don't care what problem you face; it has no power to defeat the cross of Christ.

Religion is about hospitality, solidarity, and responsibility or it is nothing at all.

Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.