We call an obsession with having someone's approval 'co-dependency;' the Bible's word for it is idolatry. A country can be an idol. A family can be an idol.

Since chess was such a painful test of intellect, it affected his emotions too much to be sport.

Left to our own devices, we will make God in our own image.

God has given us His word, which is complete. Why the add on?

God and His written word(the Bible) do not contradict each other

Sleep is a daily reminder from God that we are not God. Once a day God sends us to bed like patients with a sickness. The sickness is a chronic tendency to think we are in control and that our work is indispensable. To cure us of this disease God turns us into helpless sacks of sand once a day.