A Fool's Blog

We all feel it — that intense, constant pressure to be a “good person.” It’s like an invisible force running through every culture, every family, and every friendship. You have this relentless inner voice — a kind of moral ledger — that insists you have to make your life count for more good than bad. Sounds healthy, right? But what if this universal quest to be “good” is actually a trap? It sends us scrambling for outside rules, like a religious or cultural checklist. We spend our energy desperately trying to tip the scales, and in the process, we burn ourselves out instead of finding true peace. Here’s the wild part: the gospel aggressively opposes this effort to be a good person and instead embraces the bad person. It’s flipped upside down from the way the world looks at the problem. But it’s the only hope any of us have. So, let’s get real simple about being a good person. You’ve probably been told your whole life that you should be trying harder, doing better, and cleaning up ...

Let’s be real, life on this planet can feel like a never-ending grind. We scroll past tragedy, stress over bills, lose people we love, and wake up some days wondering what the point even is. The world’s messy, unfair, and exhausting. And if you’ve ever thought, “There’s got to be something better than this,” you’re not wrong. A lot of people picture that “something better” as paradise in Heaven. A perfect place somewhere out there, full of peace, laughter, and eternal happiness. Sounds amazing, right? I wish we all could have been born into the Kingdom of Heaven instead of this place. But here’s the twist: when Jesus taught about the Kingdom of Heaven, that’s not what He was talking about. And understanding what He actually meant will completely change how you live right now. So, let’s get real simple about the Kingdom of Heaven — it isn’t a place, it’s an authority. Think of a “kingdom” as the territory ruled by a king. So the Kingdom of Heaven is wherever God rules. In Heaven,...