You can't live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.

Accepted in Christ, we now run the race 'for the joy that is set before us' rather than 'for fear that comes behind us'.

So live in the light of the resurrection and renewal of this world, and of yourself, in a glorious, never-ending, joyful dance of grace.

There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile. God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back... No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.

The Gospel is the deepest consolation you can offer to the human heart.

A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God's.

Most apologetic books are really written for Christians, even the ones that purport to be written for non-believers.