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

Prayer is a recognition of the greatness of our God.

The gospel is an exclusive truth but it's the most inclusive exclusive truth in the world.

Prayer is continuing a conversation that God has started through his Word and his grace, which eventually becomes a full encounter with him.

Jesus was the temple to end all temples, the priest to end all priests, & the sacrifice to end all sacrifices.

A genuinely persuasive argument does not merely tell you that you are wrong about everything. It doesn't just beat on you from the outside. It comes inside your belief system, as it were, and affirms something you believe strongly. And then it says - well if you believe this (A) then why in the world can't you see that B is true?

It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.