Lord, forgive us for the times we have read about Gethsemane with dry eyes.

Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

He endured all that hell is on the cross, so that you would never know what hell is like.

Pilate's skeptical sneer "What is truth?" was addressed to Truth Himself, standing there right in front of his face. The world's stupidest question was three words; God's profoundest answer was one Word.

If your life is Christ, then your death will be only more of Christ, forever. If your life is only Christlessness, then your death will be only more Christlessness, forever. That's not fundamentalism, that's the law of non-contradiction.

Followers of Jesus do well to spend more time engaging him than explaining him.