Cancer is such a wake-up call to remind us how high the cosmic stakes really are and how short and brief and frail life really is.

When life is rosy, we may slide by with knowing about Jesus, with imitating him and quoting him and speaking of him. But only in suffering will we know Jesus.

Faith means being sure of what we hope for now. It means knowing something is real, this moment, all around you, even when you don't see it.

Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

One problem I have with faith-healing is that it tends to be focused only on the physical aspect of healing. But Jesus always backed away when people came to him only to get their physical needs met. My goodness, he was ready to have you lop off your hand! His real interest was in healing the soul.

Believers are never told to become one; we already are one and are expected to act like it.

God doesn't just give us grace; He gives us Jesus, the Lord of grace.