Mediation gives you knowledge about God. Obedience gives you knowledge of God.
To be almost saved is to be totally lost.
And the Bible is not primarily a book of history. It is "His story," the story of God.
God does not change us in order to love us. He loves us in order to change us.
Our great need is to discover that Jesus is all we need.
The church is not the way to heaven; the church is the sign that points to heaven.