We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.
We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior.
A Christian should resemble a fruit tree with real fruit, not a Christmas tree with decorations tied on.
An unchurched christian is a grotesque anomaly. The New Testament knows nothing of such a person. For the church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought. It is not an accident of history. On the contrary, the church is God’s new community.
We are sent into the world, like Jesus, to serve. For this is the natural expression of our love for our neighbors. We love. We go. We serve.
Our love grows soft if it is not strengthened by truth, and our truth grows hard if it is not softened by love.