Prayer Causes Things To Happen That Wouldn't

The Call Of God Does What The Call Of Man Cannot. It Raises The Dead.

Worship Is A Way Of Gladly Reflecting Back To God The Radiance Of His Worth.

At One Level, The Message Of The Book Of Ruth Is That The Life Of The Godly Is Not A Straight Line To Glory, But They Do Get There.

Darkness Comes. In The Middle Of It, The Future Looks Blank. The Temptation To Quit Is Huge. Don't. You Are In Good Company... You Will Argue With Yourself That There Is No Way Forward. But With God, Nothing Is Impossible. He Has More Ropes And Ladders And Tunnels Out Of Pits Than You Can Conceive. Wait. Pray Without Ceasing. Hope.

So The Main Question Is Not, Which Humans Brought About The Death Of Jesus But, What Did The Death Of Jesus Bring About For Humans - Including Jews And Muslims And Buddhists And Hindus And Nonreligious Secularists - And All People Everywhere?when It Is All Said And Done, The Most Crucial Question Is: Why? Why Did Christ Suffer And Die? Not Why In The Sense Of Cause, But Why In The Sense Of Purpose?