Christianity is in no way a stoic faith. It fundamentally rejects the "stiff upper lip" school of thought.

The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior.

I was always in places where I was widely accepted, approved and loved and I was finally in a place where people did not approve of me, did not accept me and did not love me. It was killing me.

We are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace.

The bad news that we are all guilty is met with the best news that God loves and forgives guilty people.

Suffering reveals to us the two things that ultimately matter: that we are weak but He is strong.

While our sin reaches far, God's grace reaches farther. God came after us not to strip away our freedom but to strip away our slavery to self, that we could become truly free.