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

Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.

If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn't rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.

The resurrection makes Christianity the most irritating religion on the face of the earth.

Only if you are part of a community of believers seeking to resemble, serve, and love Jesus will you ever get to know him and grow into his likeness.

To take a person out of slavery takes an instant. To take slavery out of a person takes a process.

Power, approval, comfort, and control are meta-idols that hold sway over our daily lives.