The “further up and further in” we go, the table keeps getting bigger, the guest list keeps getting longer, and the grace keeps on flowing.
Christianity does not locate freedom in radical autonomy. It does not tell either men or women that happiness consists in escaping obligations arising from relationships we did not entirely choose.
Jesus never promised me a World Series championship. He never promised that my children would always succeed or that life would go according to plan. He promised something better.

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There is no true life and meaningful community apart from forgiveness.
We cannot overstate that no person outside the Bible has been as influential to Christian theology as Augustine.
Finding the balance between indifferentism and obsessiveness has never been easy, and it’s especially difficult in our environment.
I trust that because of the gospel, God will continue to mend what I, in my sin, continue to break.
It turns out that when Elijah battled depression, God sent someone to just be with him. To comfort him.
In writing City of God, Augustine sought to demonstrate that the events of 410 were but a glimpse of all history.
Take away the communal aspect, take away the communal gathering around Christ’s body and blood, and the Christian will begin to suffer a malnutrition of faith.
By his initiative alone, he remakes our hearts to love him and others unselfishly.
In schools and on barstools and in delis and where two or three gather, your Savior turns you loose to encounter those who are delightful and loveable.
Apathy, melancholy, and disillusionment plague the footsteps of the up-and-coming generations more than ever, especially in the realm of religion, and it’s worth asking, “Why?”
What greater friend could we have than Jesus?
Bonhoeffer’s simple little book makes clear how privileged many of us are to enjoy the Communion of the Saints here on earth.