Everyone will be forgotten, nothing we do will make any difference, and all good endeavors, even the best, will come to naught. Unless there is God. If the God of the Bible exists, and there is a True Reality beneath and behind this one, and this life is not the only life, then every good endeavor, even the simplest ones, pursued in response to God's calling, can matter forever.

Because of the Cross, God can be both just towards sin and yet mercifully justifying to sinners.

It seems almost oxymoronic to believe that this new idealism has led to a new pessimism about marriage, but that is exactly what has happened. In generations past there was far less talk about "compatibility" and finding the ideal soul mate. Today we are looking for someone who accepts us as we are and fulfills our desires, and this creates an unrealistic set of expectations that frustrates both the searchers and the searched for.

Even if our own troubles are great, we should still serve. Jesus washed His disciples feet on the way to the cross.

Christmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you.

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

Living is giving....If you spend your money on yourself, you are just surviving. But if you want your life to count, if you want to really live - give.