God forgive us for selling out our great intellectual treasure - the gospel of God with us - for a mess of psychobabble and pragmatic, utilitarian, self-help triviality. - William Willimon

The way Hewey saw it, the Lord had purposefully made every person different. He could not understand why so many people were determined to thwart the Lord’s work by making everyone the same. - Elmer Kelton, The Good Old Boys, p. 43

For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God. I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:19–20 NET)

God creates faith in us through the Word. He increases, strengthens and confirms faith in us through His word. Hence the best service that anybody can render God is diligently to hear and read God's Word. - Luther, Martin. Commentary on Galatians (Luther Classic Commentaries) (p. 23). Neeland Media LLC. Kindle Edition.