Without the gospel we hate ourselves instead of our sin.

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.

If you didn't earn your salvation how are you going to un-earn it?

Many times people think if God has called you to something, he's promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.

If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.

If there is a God, you owe him far more than a morally decent life.

Faith in God's promises means not always following the expected, rational path.