When we feel like we have received a ‘calling’ from God, what do we do if it seems impossible and all the doors are still closed?

How honest are we allowed to get in our prayers? Is it okay to sometimes get frustrated or even — Dare we say it? — angry with God? 

Although they obviously never met, Sigmund Freud, agnostic and slightly demented psychologist, agreed on one point with the eminent theologian John Wesley: people are terrible.

As the old hymn says, God moves in mysterious ways, but how often are we willing to trust that fact, or do we attempt to unveil the Lord enigmatic designs? 

God offers us a way to discover joy in the ashes of our lives, but it runs so counter to how we’ve been told to find happiness by the world that it almost doesn’t make sense. 

Christ never forced people to follow him, and he let a lot of people walk away, so are we one of the noncommittal fans or are we an actual disciple of God? 

God has gifted us and called us to live a wild life unchained by fear and greed, but how do we escape, if we’ve been caught by those tempting illusions of security? 

Scripture talks about the contents of our hearts and how important it is, so how do we determine what is in this secret place within us and purify it?

God makes a plan for our lives, so how do we know if we’re successfully following that plan or not?

Most people have heard of Hermann Göring, Hitler’s right-hand man, commander of the Luftwaffe and heir-apparent to the Nazi empire. Far fewer people have heard of Hermann’s brother, Albert Göring.

All too often the church has oversimplified the Great Commission and missed out on the most important trait needed to reach the lost and shepherd the church.