The gospel of Jesus Christ breaks down barriers and creates others...

... It breaks down barriers between men and women and children, between rich and poor, between blacks and whites and Asians and Hispanics, between the intelligent and the simple, and between the elderly and the young...

... But the gospel creates barriers between covenant-keepers and covenant-breakers, between law-abiders and antinomians, between God-worshipers and state-worshipers, between sexual purists and sexual revolutionaries, and between moral hierarchicalists and moral egalitarians...

... In our time that valorizes radical inclusion and villainizes radical exclusion, it’s important to remember that the gospel demands both radical inclusion and radical exclusion, according to God’s standards.