God's reckless grace is our greatest hope.
Because of the Cross, God can be both just towards sin and yet mercifully justifying to sinners.
True citizens of the heavenly city are the best residents of the earthly city.
How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
Everyone worships something. The only choice you get is what to worship.
But resurrection is not just consolation — it is restoration. We get it all back — the love, the loved ones, the goods, the beauties of this life — but in new, unimaginable degrees of glory and joy and strength.