A God-centered theology has to be a missionary theology

Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't.

Will I find spiritual communion with God sweet enough, and hope in his promises deep enough, not just to cope, but to flourish and rejoice in him?

Seeing & savoring Jesus Christ is the most important seeing and savoring you'll ever do.

Marriage is not absolutely for making children. But it is absolutely for making children followers of Jesus.

In all the setbacks of your life as a believer, God is plotting for your joy.

This assumes that the glory of Christ is our highest treasure, not health, wealth, family or even life. So preaching must continually show not that Jesus is the means to prosperity but that he is better than prosperity.