People of each generation in the twentieth century "were three times more likely to experience depression" than people of the preceding generation.

On the eve of the cross, Jesus made his decision. He would rather go to hell for you than go to heaven without you.

Your home is your giant-size privilege, your towering priority.

Someday I want to go back and maybe write another book on those seven sayings. I just think they are kind of like a table of contents to the Christian hope. They invite us to go into all the aspects of the heart of Jesus. Everything about them from the drama, the setting, the passion around them - I think the seven sayings of the cross are powerful.

He saw you in your own Gethsemane and He didn't want you to be alone..He would rather go to hell for you than to haven without you.

Let's be the people who look at the hurting until we hurt with them. No hurrying past, turning away, or shifting of eyes. No pretending or glossing over. Let's look at the face until we see the person.

Nails didn't hold God to a cross. Love did.