He has a strong sense of smell (Accad)

"But to effectively bring your friend into a deep relationship with Christ, you cannot just learn a technique. You have to put yourself in his shoes. Few of us can make that step. He needs to smell the fragrance of Christ on you. He will also be able to smell whether or not you really love him or if you are secretly condemning and criticizing him. He has a strong sense of smell in this respect."

 — Fouad Elias Accad, Building Bridges: Christianity and Islam, p. 62

Human vs. Divine Engineering (Ross)

"Theologically, the space energy density demonstrates that for physical life to be possible at any time or place in the history of the universe the value of the mass density of the universe must be fine-tuned within one part in 10⁶⁰, and the value of the cosmological constant must be fine-tuned to within one part in 10¹²⁰. To put this in perspective, the best example of human engineering design that I am aware of is a gravity wave telescope capable of making measurements to within one part in 10²³. This implies that the Creator at a minimum is ten trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion times more intelligent, knowledgeable, creative, and powerful than we humans."

—Hugh Ross, The Creator and the Cosmos, p. 54

Evangelism and Mission (Quote 3 of 3)

"Integral mission or holistic transformation is the proclamation and demonstration of the gospel. It is not simply that evangelism and social involvement are to be done alongside each other. Rather, in integral mission our proclamation has social consequences as we call people to love and repentance in all areas of life. And our social involvement has evangelistic consequences as we bear witness to the transforming grace of Jesus Christ. If we ignore the world we betray the word of God which sends us out to serve the world. If we ignore the word of God we have nothing to bring to the world. Justice and justification by faith, worship and political action, the spiritual and the material, personal change and structural change belong together. As in the life of Jesus, being, doing and saying are at the heart of our integral task."

—Micah Declaration on Integral Mission, 2001

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Tell me, what validates yours? (Buswell)

"The creationist believes in a personal cause, from supernaturalistic presuppositions, while the evolutionist assumes a purely mechanistic cause, from naturalistic presuppositions.

Each of these premises with its presupposition must be validated. Upon what are they based? The creationists and evolutionists work together on the data of natural processes. When they discuss origins, however, the Creationist says, 'I have data that you don't have.'

'Data? Show me!' demands the Evolutionist.

The Creationist holds up his Bible.

'Oh, that,' Responds the Evolutionist. 'I don't believe that!'

'I know,' replies the Creationist. 'The fact that I have it and you don't is a matter of choice. It's a matter of belief. I believe that this is God's own revelation. It is this which validates my whole system of presuppositions. Tell me, what validates yours?'

Silence. Most honest evolutionists are knowledgeable enough to realize that the sheer data, unaccompanied by some determining presupposition, do not support the genetic continuity back to the origin. The only logic available is, 'Well, here we are. The only alternative explanation is inadmissible.' The evolutionist is stuck with his presuppositions, expressed in 'must-have-been' terms in every attempt at expressing it. There is nothing to validate naturalistic presuppositions except those arguments which already take it for granted.

—James O. Buswell III, Creation and Evolution Process and Origin. In Ralph Winter (ed.) Ancient World: Reader (4th ed.), (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2006), pp. 20-21.

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Evangelism and Mission (Quote 2 of 3)

"We affirm that God is both the Creator and the Judge of all people. We therefore should share his concern for justice and reconciliation throughout human society and for the liberation of men and women from every kind of oppression. Because men and women are made in the image of God, every person, regardless of race, religion, colour, culture, class, sex or age, has an intrinsic dignity because of which he or she should be respected and served, not exploited. Here too we express penitence both for our neglect and for having sometimes regarded evangelism and social concern as mutually exclusive. Although reconciliation with other people is not reconciliation with God, nor is social action evangelism, nor is political liberation salvation, nevertheless we affirm that evangelism and socio-political involvement are both part of our Christian duty. For both are necessary expressions of our doctrines of God and man, our love for our neighbour and our obedience to Jesus Christ. The message of salvation implies also a message of judgment upon every form of alienation, oppression and discrimination, and we should not be afraid to denounce evil and injustice wherever they exist. When people receive Christ they are born again into his kingdom and must seek not only to exhibit but also to spread its righteousness in the midst of an unrighteous world. The salvation we claim should be transforming us in the totality of our personal and social responsibilities. Faith without works is dead.
(Acts 17:26,31; Gen. 18:25; Isa. 1:17; Psa. 45:7; Gen. 1:26,27; Jas. 3:9; Lev. 19:18; Luke 6:27,35; Jas. 2:14-26; Joh. 3:3,5; Matt. 5:20; 6:33; II Cor. 3:18; Jas. 2:20)"

—The Lausanne Covenant, Section 5 - Christian Social Responsibility, 1974

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