“If God has said to us, ‘Don’t be afraid, I have overcome the world; what exactly is there to be afraid of?

“It’s a big idea to wrap your head around, but the fundamental fearlessness that ought to come if we really heard the gospel of the resurrection will begin to affect and dissolve so many other of our fears.

“It’s this absolute sense of rootedness in what God has done which pervades the letters of Paul. It’s the confidence that we have, that a place has been cleared for us, a place to stand, a place where we belong with Jesus in the presence of God the Father.”