Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test... You will be tested by major changes, delayed promises, impossible problems, unanswered prayers, undeserved criticism, and even senseless tragedies.

To me, heaven is a real place. I don't believe it's a state of being.

REAL fellowship is being as committed to each other as we are to Jesus Christ.

Explanations don't comfort. You won't feel better if you know why. It won't hurt any less.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.

I do believe in hell. Jesus spoke more about hell than heaven - I trust him as the authority, not you, me or anybody else. If hell is not real, then Jesus was a liar and God has a lot of explaining to do on His justice and things like that.

Then Jesus changed the situation. When he paid for our sins on the cross, the veil in the temple that symbolized our separation from God was split from top to bottom, indicating that direct access to God was once again available.