Contradiction and dissent are pleasing to God when they arise from love of Him, but have a care that you do not find yourself swept away on a tide of sentiment while you are yet passionately attached to what was familiar to you. (John Climacus)

What is our motive? Our source? Our purpose? Our goal?

If these emerge from love of God then, even when we are mistaken, God can apply our efforts to fulfill divine intention.

To enter into a fuller relationship with God, contradiction and dissent are welcome. Argument can, if conducted in love, deepen understanding.

Such an argument may be intense, but is not angry. Such an argument always involves listening and seeking to truly understand the other.

If we are passionately attached to God, our other passions are transformed and fulfilled through God's grace.