Kindness that allows barriers to one's relationship with God to spring up is self-destructive.

Believers have just as much to fear from legalism as from waywardness. The first detracts from the beauty of the message, while the second mars it content.

God's Word calls His people to adore Him exclusively and completely and to love people as themselves.

Giving works best when the Lord's portion is removed first and believers learn to live within the remainder.

God's loving discipline brings us face-to-face with our pride.

When shame is missing from corporate life, society, quickly becomes uncivilized.

A concern for doctrinal purity should always be based on love of the Lord, not a desire to express spiritual pride.