Jesus offers something that we all strive for but seem to be incapable of actually achieving - long term change. Not just improvement but genuine change. Jesus calls it ‘fruit’, Paul (in Galatians 5) gives more explanation - love, joy, peace...

Very few of us would argue that this world isn't dark; darkness seems to poisons lives, institutions, whole regions and countries. The difference is in how we go about escaping that darkness, and who we trust to get us out. Jesus refers to his...