The Christian views trials as a pathway to maturity.

We’ve got to get past this idea that God is most glorified when we’re rich, healthy and wealthy and we go, “Isn’t God grand? Look at all He gave me.” Because if anybody joins us in that and says, “Oh, if you love Jesus, you get a house and health and cars? Then I love Jesus too.” Because then all of a sudden you’ve got a different religion. You have the religion of cars and houses, not God.

Could it not be, that God loves me too deeply, by having people challenge me so that I know I'm not perfect.

The Christian views trials as a pathway to maturity.

It's OK to not be OK - just don't stay there.

If the gospel of Jesus Christ is not at the center of a wedding ceremony, it is likely not going to be at the center of the marriage. This would be a grave mistake, however, as marriage itself is designed to be a great reflector of that gospel.

The work of God in the cross of Christ strikes us as awe-inspiring only after we have first been awed by the glory of God.