The gospel destroys pride because it tells us we are so lost that Jesus had to die for us.

The deeper the experience of the free grace of God, the more generous we must become.

In Ephesians 5, Paul shows us that even on earth Jesus did not use his power to oppress us but sacrificed everything to bring us into union with him. And this takes us beyond the philosophical to the personal and the practical. If God had the gospel of Jesus's salvation in mind when he established marriage, then marriage only 'works' to the degree that approximates the pattern of God's self-giving love in Christ.

We've got at least two other streams of that are filled with good, helpful material on meditation - the Catholic stream and the Quaker stream that are not primarily based on meditating on the Scripture.

Religion operates on the principle 'I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.' But the operating principle of the gospel is 'I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.'

...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.

If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all he said.