He explains the true character of the God of love and reassures us that ultimate power on earth will be good, not evil. It is through God and his Son that I strive to understand the world in which we live.

To catch the real meaning of the Spirit of Christmas, we need only drop the last syllable, and it becomes the Spirit of Christ.

Christmas: the Son of God expressing the love of God to save us from the wrath of God so we could enjoy the presence of God.

When we keep the spirit of Christmas, we keep the spirit of Christ, for the Christmas spirit is the Christ spirit.

We need a Savior. Christmas is an indictment before it becomes a delight.

Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die; another's life, another's death, I stake my whole eternity.

And now without redemption all mankind must have been lost, adjudged to death and hell By doom severe.

I believe there are two sides to the phenomenon known as death, this side where we live, and the other side where we shall continue to live. Eternity does not start ith death. We are in eternity now.

The great Easter truth is not that we are to live newly after death - that is not the great thing - but that...we are to, and may, live nobly now because we are to live forever.

I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

At the heart of the gospel is a God who deliberately surrenders to the wild, irresistable power of love.

For us who are Christians, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is proof positive that love is stronger than hate, that life is stronger than death, that light is stronger than darkness, that laughter and joy, and compassion and gentleness and truth, all these are so much stronger than their ghastly counterparts.