"It’s easy to follow a God who only comforts me, and only calls me to do things that I want to do, and loves the same people I love, and hates the same people I hate. That’s an easy God to follow. The God of the New Testament loves all the people I hate and calls me to love them. The God of the New Testament – the God of the Bible – wants to comfort but also to challenge me. The God of the bible wants to love me and transform me."
James 1:17-27