If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.

Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.

In the christian view, the ultimate evidence for the existence of God is Jesus Christ. If there is a God, we characters in his play have to hope that he put some information about himself in the play. But Christians believe he did more than give us information. He wrote himself into the play as the main character in history, when Jesus was born in a manger and rose from the dead.

The key to continual and deeper spiritual renewal and revival is the continual re-discovery of the gospel.

We only fully grasp the gospel when we understand, as Paul did, that we are the worst sinner we know

It's important to remember the Gospel is a story; not a set of bullet points.

Just because you cannot realize your highest aspirations in work does not mean you have chosen wrongly, or are not called to your profession, or that you should spend your life looking for the perfect career that is devoid of frustration. ... You should expect to be regularly frustrated in your work even though you may be in exactly the right vocation.