Like art, like music, like so many other disciplines, prayer can only be appreciated when you actually spend time in it. Spending time with the Master will elevate your thinking. The more you pray, the more will be revealed. You will appreciate not only the greatness of prayer, but the greatness of God.

Once the reader firmly grasps the truth of human exceptionalism under our Creator God, then the answers to confusing cultural issues begin to be clear.

Suffering is arguably God's choicest tool in shaping the character of Christ in us.

Now, most people who suffer realize that the Bible contains answers for their plight; they just don't know where to look.

The Bible isn't quick to give answers; it mainly gives the Answer.

Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised.

God is more concerned with conforming me to the likeness of His Son than leaving me in my comfort zones. God is more interested in inward qualities than outward circumstances - things like refining my faith, humbling my heart, cleaning up my thought life and strengthening my character.