Only people of proven character should be placed in positions of spiritual leadership.
Believers are inclined to attribute their spiritual successes to their godliness when it would be more accurate to connect them with God's faithfulness.
No amount of temporal success can compensate for the loss of God's approval.
A worshiper's gift makes a statement about the worshiper and his God.
Hearing alone is less effective in learning God's truth than hearing combined with reading.
In God's pattern of justice, He takes the risk of the guilty going free but not the innocent being punished.