The way to be truly happy is to be truly human, and the way to be truly human is to be truly godly.
We never move on FROM the Gospel, we move on IN the Gospel
Suffering is getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get.
God's overriding goal is to glorify Himself.
For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God?
If our theology does not quicken the conscience and soften the heart, it actually hardens both.