David A. Wilson

“Christian faith isn’t a general religious awareness. Nor is it the ability to believe several unlikely propositions. It is certainly not a kind of gullibility which would put us out of touch with any genuine reality. It is the faith which hears the story of Jesus, including the announcement that he is the world’s true Lord, and responds from the heart with a surge of grateful love that says: “Yes. Jesus is Lord.”
― N.T. Wright, Simply Christian: Step-by-Step Basics of Christian Faith and Practice

“The goal of evangelism is complete life change. People have not been “evangelized” until they have ceased to be their own masters and become joyful servants of the Lord.”
― Timothy J. Keller, Romans 8-16 For You: For reading, for feeding, for leading

“Suddenly, the cross begins to make sense not just as a solution to the human sin problem. It is that!—but also more. The cross reveals who God is, and who we need to become.”
― Matthew Bates, The Gospel Precisely: Surprisingly Good News About Jesus Christ the King

“All this means that we are called to be people who learn to hear God’s voice speaking today within the ancient text, and who become vessels of that living word in the world around us.”
― N.T. Wright, Simply Christian: Step-by-Step Basics of Christian Faith and Practice