Christ's resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.

The world can’t save itself. That’s the message of Christmas.

Religion operates on the principle 'I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.' But the operating principle of the gospel is 'I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.'

We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely - and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.

People are messy; therefore, relationships will be messy. Don't be surprised by messiness.

Only when our greatest love is God, a love that we cannot lose even in death, can we face all things with peace. Grief was not to be eliminated but seasoned and buoyed up with love and hope.

We must neither confuse evangelism with doing justice, nor separate them from one another.