Jesus's miracles are not just a challenge to our minds, but a promise to our hearts, that the world we all want is coming.

The doctrine of grace and redemption keeps us from seeing any person or situation as hopeless.

It seems almost oxymoronic to believe that this new idealism has led to a new pessimism about marriage, but that is exactly what has happened. In generations past there was far less talk about "compatibility" and finding the ideal soul mate. Today we are looking for someone who accepts us as we are and fulfills our desires, and this creates an unrealistic set of expectations that frustrates both the searchers and the searched for.

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

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

Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.

A sense of Jesus’ absence might be a sign of his presence- a sign that he’s working already in your life.