The commandments are a gift, not a curse. Sin is less about breaking the rules and more about breaking the Father's heart.

Gray and overcast from my earthly perspective, but it's sunny above these storm clouds. Grace lets us see life from God's point of view.

It's pretty sad that when people see a guy buying flowers, they assume he's in trouble.

Prayer is where the cross changes shoulders.

It is in our darkest cultures that the greatest saints rise, stand, and lead.

If Jesus didn't rise from the dead, an even greater miracle happened: 12 relatively uneducated guys changed the world and were martyred to protect a lie.

Pentecost is a celebration of God... a celebration of God's power... a celebration of God's desire to empower us and to dwell within us.