Darkness is not your only friend. Jesus loves you, and he will be with you.

There is perhaps no better observation about the nature of anxiety and depression than its fundamental desire for avoidance.

You might not know it, but every Christian hopes for the day when their faith will die. Really. I promise. Faith’s death is our celebration.

Christians do have a hope that those who sleep in death will be awakened and their joy will never end, and we yearn for that day.

God’s candle is not so easily extinguished. His promise is not some vague light at the end of the tunnel that we may or may not reach. In fact, God’s light has a name: Jesus Christ.

The early biblical stories about Bethlehem are dark and violent. They wreck us. They frighten us. In this little town, we see a microcosm of the vast and mangled mass of humanity, each individual thirsty for even a single bead of light to be dropped into the blackened depths of their souls. He who is born in Bethlehem is that Light.

There has been a lot of calls to fear lately in our world. As alarming things happen in every news cycle, and fear feels like the responsible thing to do, Katie and Gretchen talk about how the opposite of fear isn't apathy, it's hope.

The entrance of children into the world reminds our world of the hope of redemption in Genesis 3:15.

The grass withered for them too, but they held on to God’s Word. They knew that was eternal, so they lived in it. They lived in his forgiveness.

Christian hope means always hope in God and hope in Christ simultaneously without distinction.

Death may speak, and its voice may sound authoritative and decisive. Nonetheless, it is a mere whimper from the grave.

Living in Hope: Removing shame and Finding Endurance in Christ