God has become human. The absolute has become particular. The ideal has become real. The divine has taken up a human nature.

Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.

I hate the moment when suddenly my anger turns into tears

We think that idols are bad things, but that is almost never the case. The greater the good, the more likely we are to expect that it can satisfy our deepest needs and hopes. Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.

Only in Jesus Christ do we see how the untamable, infinite God can become a baby and a loving Savior. On the cross we see how both the love and the holiness of God can be fulfilled at once.

The happy ending of the Resurrection is so enormous that it swallows up even the sorrow of the Cross.

Christmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you.