Like so many people in the Bible, we are frail and tempted to doubt God’s love for us. Yet, he calls us beloved.

We Christians today can learn from the Passover meal and what it represents.

“There are three basic elements to every lament: the cry, pivot, and conclusion of trust. Each element reveals God’s love, leading us to deeper assurance and delight.”

In an age of shamelessness, “You don’t shamelessly flaunt your sins as if they weren’t a problem…But you can boast in what a great God has done to cancel that debt on the cross.”

In an age of victimization, “Our response to the depravity and evil around us should therefore not be that of despair but of action and hope, participating in God’s kingdom purposes as agents of reconciliation.”

“College doesn’t change your heart; it reveals it.” Sammy Rhodes shares about his college experience, pursuit of pleasure, and finding wholeness in God’s astounding grace.

Who’d have thought that Ellen DeGeneres would defend herself by paraphrasing Hebrews 12:14, which instructs us to “pursue peace with everyone”?

The book is filled with anecdotes about Khandjian’s own foibles — from pouting over a poor performance at a church softball game to careless comments toward a gang member on a Miami beach — as well as stories of witnessing God’s work of restoration in the lives of his friends and family.

“Our disciplines do not make us acceptable to God because they are never long enough, deep enough, or frequent enough. ‘Enough’ isn’t a measure that works for an infinitely holy God.”