Andrew Harwell

“To be a Christian is to participate in this very common human enterprise of diagnosis, prescription, and prognosis, but to do so from inside a Christian view of the world, a view that has been constructed from Scripture and that centers on Jesus Christ the Savior, "the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). Christian hope centers on Jesus Christ, the Lord of the whole cosmos, the one "through [whom] God was pleased to reconcile to
himself all things" (Col. 1:20). Moreover, classical Christian hope centers on Jesus Christ alone, rejecting his rivals as pseudo-Saviors. Christians trust "no other name under heaven" (Acts 4:12).”
― Cornelius Plantinga Jr., Engaging God's World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning, and Living

“We are not bringing Christ to poor communities. He has been active in these communities since the creation of the world, sustaining them, Hebrews 1:3 says, by His powerful Word. Hence, a significant part of working in poor communities involves discovering and appreciating what God has been doing there for a LONG time.”
― Steve Corbett, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself

“Recalling and confessing our sin is like taking out the garbage: once is not enough.”
― Cornelius Plantinga Jr., Not the Way It's Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin

“what we need from the Bible is not the fulfillment of our dream, but the swallowing up of our failed dream in the all-satisfying glory of Christ.”
― John Piper, When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight For Joy