Christianity offers not merely a consolation but a restoration - not just of the life we had but of the life we always wanted but never achieved. And because the joy will be even greater for all that evil, this means the final defeat of all those forces that would have destroyed the purpose of God in creation, namely, to live with his people in glory and delight forever.

Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn’t mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness.

Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.

Whatever you base your life on--you have to live up to that. Jesus is the one Lord you can live for who already died for you.

Disordered love always leads to misery and breakdown. The only way to 'reorder' our loves is to love God supremely.

When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.

Jesus was the temple to end all temples, the priest to end all priests, & the sacrifice to end all sacrifices.