Only if God can say things that make you struggle will you know that you have met a real God and not a figment of your imagination.

An idol is something that we look to for things that only God can give. Idolatry functions widely inside religious communities when doctrinal truth is elevated to the position of a false god. This occurs when people rely on the rightness of their doctrine for their standing with God rather than on God himself and his grace. It is a subtly but deadly mistake. The sign that you have slipped into this form of self-justification is that you become what the book of Proverbs calls a 'scoffer'.

Most apologetic books are really written for Christians, even the ones that purport to be written for non-believers.

How Religion Works: If I obey, then God will love and accept me. The Gospel: I'm loved and accepted, therefore I wish to obey.

God is so committed to your ultimate joy that he was willing to plunge into the greatest depths of suffering himself for you.

Secularism and Religion are both all about your personal performance. The Gospel is the performance of another applied to you.

When Jesus got the big questions, he didn't present arguments. He presented himself.