Category: Engaging the Culture

“Culture and societies and generations need Christ also. The Lord Jesus Christ is not just the answer to our personal dilemma. He is the eternal Logos of God, and as such, He is the spoken Answer to every legitimate question that any given society might pose, or all of mankind for that matter. His Lordship applies to politics, culture, entertainment, media, and His answers to our rebellions and follies are just exactly what we need to hear.”

Mere Christendom, p. x

“I ask for anointing, I ask for authority,
I ask for Your Spirit to make the appointment
Where You meet with Your people in truth and in triumph.”

21 Prayers, p. 92

“We think that our cultural disintegration has to be more in the grand style—kind of like a Super Bowl halftime gone wrong, as being watched by someone who had just dropped a couple of hits of contaminated acid.”

Mere Christendom, p. ix

“We worship You now, You are God the great Writer,
And Christ, the Lord Jesus, is our God the Written,
And Your doubled Spirit is God the pure Reader.”

21 Prayers, p. 91

“I don’t agree with Manifest Destiny, but I still live in Idaho.”

American Milk & Honey, p. 202

“Crack open our hearts and pour in Your Spirit.
As we open Your Word, as we open our Bibles.”

21 Prayers, p. 89

“The gospel is the message that through Christ—through His sinless life, His death, burial, and resurrection—Israel finally got it right. Because of Christ, and through faith in Him, the incident with the golden calf can be forgotten forever.”

American Milk & Honey, p. 197