It’s hard to defeat vice and attain virtue. As Charles Taylor observed, “High standards need strong sources.” If we believe it’s right to love others and sacrifice for them, we must admit that high ideals “exact a high cost.” If we commit to love others sacrificially, we will lose freedom to do whatever we please …
As a kid, the most important thing about Easter was that I was getting a new suit, shirt, and shoes. There were only two times a year where I was virtually guaranteed to receive new clothes—the start of the school year and Easter. We understand the start of the school year; it marked the start …
Good Friday, a day when the church is called to remember the greatest sin ever committed: the murder of Jesus Christ. Honestly, the injustice of the crucifixion makes me uncomfortable. Sure, I know that the events of Good Friday are part of the story, but honestly, I’d rather just get to Easter Sunday celebrations without …
“Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” (1 Corinthians 15:54-55). What we believe about the resurrection shapes how we live today. If Christ did not rise, our faith is in vain. But he did rise—seen by Mary Magdalene, by Thomas who touched His scars, by disciples …
How do you hold on to hope when life is hard or when guilt and shame overwhelm you? Hope in the Christian life isn’t tied to circumstances; it is tied wholly to our risen Savior. As Peter says, we have been “born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the …