No one is exempt from trials and tribulations. In fact, this is often what happens to people God loves very much, for it is part of God’s often mysterious and good plan for turning us into something great.

The common moral framework: Do anything as long as it does no harm to others. Problem: Whose definition of harm?

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

Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.

The best people often have terrible lives. Job is one example, and Jesus—the ultimate ‘Job,’ the only truly, fully innocent sufferer — is another.

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

There's nothing that makes you more miserable (or less interesting) than self-absorption .