The Christian sex ethic was revolutionary. It… requires sex to always be super-consensual—only for people ready to give their whole lives to each other.

Pastors do not know enough about every vocational field to know how the gospel influences work in that sector. Clergy and laypeople [must] sit down as equals—each with some knowledge the other does not have—to plan for Christian witness in public life.

Not every community is multi-ethnic and so not every church can or should be multi-ethnic. But, in general, it is both theologically warranted and missionally effective... to be as multi-ethnic as possible and to learn from the multi-racial global church.

For 30 years, we’ve been told that Western society is becoming post-Christian and that the church must adapt to a changing culture in order to remain relevant. Despite this gloomy prediction, Christianity has displayed remarkable staying power.

When the church, in the interests of acquiring political power, aligns too much with the current age’s secular left or right, it is sapped of both spiritual power and credibility with non-Christians.

The Christian teaching on forgiveness and “turning the other cheek” created a community of peace-making, reconciliation, and bridge-building.

Much of the energy of Christian growth today is among non-white, non-Western people and young people who want chosen religion, not inherited religion. This is why the great cities of the West may become hotbeds of new, growing churches.