“Resurrection is not the redescription of death; it is its overthrow and, with that, the overthrow of those whose power depends on it.” pg. 50

“What creation needs is neither abandonment nor evolution but rather redemption and renewal; and this is both promised and guaranteed by the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. This is what the whole world’s waiting for.” pg. 107

“the method of the kingdom will match the message of the kingdom.” pg. 112

“Resurrection isn’t life after death; it is life after life after death.” pg. 169

“Salvation, then, is not “going to heaven” but “being raised to life in God’s new heaven and new earth.” pg. 198

“We are saved not as souls but as wholes.” pg. 199 (personal favorite)

“And with pragmatism there often comes opportunism – for the advancing of agendas that are driven not by the imperative to mission but by one or other of the old models of church life, which are now running out of steam.” pg. 233-234

“resurrection doesn’t mean escaping from the world; it means mission to the world based on Jesus’s lordship over the world.” pg. 235

“The difference between the kingdoms of the world and the kingdoms of God lies exactly in this, that the kingdom of God comes through the death and resurrection of his Son, not through naked displays of brute force or wealth.” pg. 245

“The point of 1 Corinthians 13 is that love is not our duty; it is our destiny.” pg. 188