1. What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
  2. The driving impulse of Lent isn’t so much “giving up” things as it is “putting on” something.
  3. At the Transfiguration, we say farewell to alleluia and hello to the horrific reality of our lost condition.
  4. Christ's resurrection does not merely negate the bitterness of sin; it changes it into a source of divine sweetness, embodying the promise of a new life for us and a restored existence overshadowed by heavenly hope.
  5. God demonstrates his great love for us in the actions of Jesus, who came down into the flesh and soaked up all our sin.
  6. When the Savior gets on our trail, nothing, not even the grave and hell, can stop him.
  7. Yes, Christmas brings joy, but no less danger
  8. In that moment of greatest despair, we find the antidote for all our fears. We know we are beloved of God and there is salvation in Christ’s atoning death.
  9. Lewis takes us to the planets to satisfy our cravings for spiritual adventure, which, as he says, “sends our imaginations off the Earth,” in the first place.
  10. This is an excerpt from “Finding God in the Darkness: Hopeful Reflections from the Pits of Depression, Despair, and Disappointment” by Bradley Gray (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  11. We may not all be mass-murdering Nazis. But we all have the same root sin that causes the most egregious criminal activity on the face of the earth. We all have the desire to be our own God.
  12. The existence of aliens can not negate the promise given to us by God courtesy of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.