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.

Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.

Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work?

You really can't justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.

Grace is not opposed to effort; it's opposed to earning.

Business is a primary arrangement on God's part for people to love one another and serve one another.

The basic question 'will I obey Christ 's teaching?' is rarely taken as a serious issue. For example, to take one of Jesus' commands, that is relevant to contemporary life, I don't know of any church that actually teaches a church how to bless people who curse them, yet this is a clear command.