“The genius of evangelicalism is the question, ‘Do you know Jesus?’ Not, ‘Are you a church member?’ or, ‘Can you recite the Creed?’ but, ‘Do you know Jesus?’ The question is a protest against any form of nominal, complacent Christianity… I want to leave you with these evangelical questions: Do you know Jesus? Is the Jesus you know a New Adam who has a Bride? Is the Jesus you know one who has given his life breaking down barriers between Jews and Gentiles, transgressing boundaries? Is the Jesus you know the one who said, ‘Do this,’ and implied, ‘Do this together’? Is the Jesus you know the Jesus who prayed that… all his disciples would be one?

“If you don’t know that Jesus, then you don’t know the Jesus who is revealed in the New Testament. ‘Do you know Jesus?’ is the crucial question. If you know Jesus… that means pursuing a unified future for the church.”

Peter Leithart, “The Future of the Church,” Sept. 9, 2015, Torrey Honors Institute