Just because you can't see or imagine a good reason why God might allow something to happen doesn't mean there can't be one.

You are under-qualified for the job of God.

Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself and not just for the feelings and experiences they give us.

A rich, vibrant, consoling, hard-won prayer life is the one good that makes it possible to receive all other kinds of goods rightly and beneficially. [Paul] does not see prayer as merely a way to get things from God but as a way to get more of God himself.

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.

We should let Scripture interpret us more than we interpret Scripture.

All life-changing love is inconvenient.