Jesus was loved before he did anything for God on earth. God loves us deeply and completely. We can never earn it.

The doorway into the life “to the full” of the kingdom is self-denial or death to self, as symbolized by the cross.

There is a tremendous opportunity in this cultural moment for the church to come back to her roots as a countercultural force for good in a lost and broken world.

The world is what happens when Adam and Eve’s sin goes viral and spreads through a society and the distorted becomes normative.

The practices of Jesus are how we fight the world, the flesh, and the devil.

Giving in to the desires of our flesh does not lead us to freedom and life, but to slavery and death.

The devil is real, his goal is to spread death, and his primary means is lies.

When the comfort we have received, becomes comfort we can extend to others, we can find meaning in loss.

Healing from grief can be a long and painful process. It is important to recognize where we are in the journey so that we can continue to live despite experiencing loss.