One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.

The real issue relating to exclusiveness is whether or not the Christian actually has a relationship with God, a presence of God, which non-Christians do not have. Apart from Christian spiritual formation as described here, I believe there is little value in claiming exclusiveness for the Christian way.

Spiritual people are not those who engage in certain spiritual practices; they are those who draw their life from a conversational relationship with God.

Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.

As Augustine say clearly, God being God offends human pride. If God is running the universe and has first claim on our lives, guess who isn't running the universe and does not get to have things as they please.

Obedience to Christ is the easy way, take my yoke.

Relations between parents and children and siblings and mates. This is not external. We can't separate them.