If you don't have a teacher you can't have a disciple.

Make disciples. Surround them in the reality of the Trinity in a fellowship of disciples. Teach them to do everything Jesus says.

God may not guide us in an obvious way because he wants us to make decisions based on faith and character.

You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.

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

The organized churches must become schools of spiritual discipline where Christians are taught how to own without treasuring (Matt. 6:21); how to possess without, like the "rich young ruler," being possessed (Mark 10:22); how to live simply, even frugally, though controlling great wealth and power.

And the God who hears is also the one who speaks. He has spoken and is still speaking. Humanity remains his project, not its own, and his initiatives are always at work among us.