Quotes from A. Scott Moreau

Christians better reflect God's glory and most effectively worship him when they fix their sights on enjoying God and find their deepest satisfaction in relating to and serving him (see Piper 1986).

Westerners say, "I think, therefore I am," with the focus on individual identity apart from social context. Africans say, "We relate, therefore I am"—a

Until the mid-1900s no distinction was made between the two.

It is our care for the helpless, our practice of lovingkindness, that brands us in the eyes of many of our opponents," wrote the second-century church father Tertullian to explain what made the faith attractive. "'See,' they say, 'how they love one another!'" (Barry 1985, 57).