It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that darkness as characterized in John 1, that light is very vivid. When it dispels the darkness, we see the brilliance that's there.

Knowing you’re worthless doesn’t give you value any more than knowing you are a captive sets you free.

Then as now, evil begins its courtship cloaked in light. And the heart embraces what is should flee. Forgetting it once had a true lover. Love will prove greater than lust. Sacrifice will overcome seduction. And blood will flow.

There's always risk in life's most rewarding pursuits, isn't there?

What was once obvious to them was no longer quite as obvious. Why was it that humans lost sight of truth so quickly?

The world’s bumper sticker reads: Life sucks, and then you die. Perhaps Christian bumper stickers should read: Life sucks, but then you find hope and you can’t wait to die.

It was there, beyond the skin of this world, that a cure of ugliness could be found.