Trying to figure out God is like trying to catch a fish in the Pacific Ocean with an inch of dental floss.

The context of the gospel message is not our benefit or our salvation; the context of the gospel is the supremacy of Christ and the glory of God.

There's a strong victim mentality in my generation. I think it's spiritual laziness. They will agree that God is sovereign over all, but then they will say, "Well, I wish he would sovereignly take away my lust issue." There's just not a lot of fortitude, not a lot of fight in them.

If all you got is "I don't want to be that" then sell insurance.

The reality is that all God has to do is reveal himself to you,and you'll gladly join the mission in service to his kingdom. He doesn't force the issue; he just has to reveal himself as is: mighty,wondrous, gracious, loving, and radically saving. No man goes back to saltine crackers when he's had fillet mignon.

I learned very early that people need to have a good grasp of God's goodness and God's sovereignty.

"Being a good steward" and "placing your hope in" is not the same thing.