Truth is to be used as a scalpel, not a club.

Church is missing transcendence. My generation was raised on a religion of moral control. Do this. Don't do that. And a lot of self-help religion. Feel better. Get out of debt. Six ways to overcome your fears. Seven ways not to lust. Ultimately that message didn't work. It was empty. There was no transcendence. The omniscient, omnipresent, all-powerful God of the universe wasn't the focus.

The Christian views trials as a pathway to maturity.

Heaven is not a place for those who are afraid of hell; it’s a place for those who love God.

If you add to or subtract from the cross, even if it is to factor in biblically mandated religious practices like prayer and evangelism, you rob God of His glory and Christ of His sufficiency.

Have you read your Bible or has the Bible read you?

The commands of God are given, not to rob me of joy, but lead me into the fullness of joy.