For A Lot Of People

The Historical Orthodox Christian Faith Is Extremely Wide And Diverse.

That May Sound A Big Vague, But What Has Struck Me In City After City Is That Despite Our Differences And Diversity, There's A Common Humanity We All Share. In Many Ways We're All Searching And Longing For The Same Things.

Our Tendency In The Midst Of Suffering Is To Turn On God. To Get Angry And Bitter And Shake Our Fist At The Sky And Say, "god, You Don't Know What It's Like! You Don't Understand! You Have No Idea What I'm Going Through. You Don't Have A Clue How Much This Hurts." The Cross Is God's Way Of Taking Away All Of Our Accusations, Excuses, And Arguments. The Cross Is God Taking On Flesh And Blood And Saying, "me Too.

It Is Such A Letdown To Rise From The Dead And Have Your Friends Not Recognize You.

What We Believe About Heaven And Hell Is Incredibly Important Because It Exposes What We Believe About Who God Is And What God Is Like.