...relationship. That is what the Christian faith is all about. It is not a set of do's and don'ts. It's a personal relationship with God. That relationship does not depend on our ability to reach up and touch God through our own good works, but rather on His willingness to reach down and touch us through His love.

If I wanted to have a relationship with an ant, the only way I could do so is to become one. Well, obviously, I can't become an ant, but God did become a man. The Bible says, "The Word...Jesus...became flesh and lived for a while among us" (John 1:14). God came into time and space to restore the relationship which was broken by our sin...