People who are obsessed with Jesus aren't consumed with their personal safety and comfort above all else. Obsessed people care more about God's kingdom coming to this earth than their own lives being shielded from pain or distress.

Can you worship a God who isn't obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you think God owes you an explanation?

God's presence is all that matters.

Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.

The fact is, Scripture is filled with divine actions that don't fit our human standards of logic or morality. But they don't need to, because we are the clay and He is the Potter. We need to stop trying to domesticate God or confine Him to tidy categories and compartments that reflect our human sentiments rather than His inexplicable ways.

I want to train my kids so where they are the only believers they can stand on their own two feet and teach others.

Sometimes we shrink from leadership because our pride makes us afraid of failure. That's not humility.