It’s really true. Every day the world rolls over on someone who was just sitting on top of it. Are you sitting on top of the world? Or are you squashed under its weight?

I love conversion stories. Remembering my own brings tears to my eyes and fills my heart with gladness. I rejoice when I hear about a man steeped in the drug culture who turns from his ways or a woman who grew up in a religious home and finally comes to understand that her salvation is through faith alone by grace alone. All stories of God’s redeeming love are amazing, but the one that always moves me deeply is the conversion of Paul.

Life, death, and a whole lot of living. A lot happens Between Two Trees and Shane Wood is here to talk about his new book by that name on Steve Brown, Etc. In his book, he challenges us to embrace hope, love, and the beauty of reconciliation at the true tree of life: the cross of Calvary.

The Christian church has, at its best, been known for exemplary love and sacrificial service to “the least of these”—the poor, oppressed, and marginalized. Such service has provided a powerful witness for the gospel.

What is the purpose of God’s law? What is the best way to live? What does it mean to be a Christian? If you’re simply tired of constantly trying to make it on your own, I’ve got some really good news for you from God himself.

Because the gospel is true, we don’t just hope for cleansing, wish that we could be covered, and dream about being comforted somewhere far off in the distant future.

If God is in charge of the future (and he is)…then we can dream. After all, God has built the very foundations upon which the future sits.