“Perhaps the transformation of the disciples of Jesus is the greatest evidence of all for the resurrection.”

“The gift of singleness is more a vocation than an empowerment, although to be sure God is faithful in supporting those He calls.”

“We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.”

“The astonishing paradox of Christ's teaching and of Christian experience is this: if we lose ourselves in following Christ, we actually find ourselves. True self-denial is self-discovery. To live for ourselves is insanity and suicide; to live for God and for man is wisdom and life indeed. We do not begin to find ourselves until we have become willing to lose ourselves in the service of Christ and of our fellows.”

“There is evidence for the deity of Jesus -- good, strong,historical , cumulative evidence; evidence to which an honestperson can subscribe without committing intellectual suicide.”

“Why is it that some Christians cross land and sea, continents and cultures, as missionaries? What on earth impels them? It is not in order to commend a civilization, an institution or an ideology, but rather a person, Jesus Christ, whom they believe to be unique. ”

“His authority on earth allows us to dare to go to all the nations. His authority in heaven gives us our only hope of success. And His presence with us leaves us with no other choice.”