The worship practices of the people of God are to be marked by devotion to Him and compassion to the needy.

Mental confusion can be the product of divine discipline.

Our identity as the people of God is marked primarily by our faithfulness in obedience to Him.

Common sense religion emphasizes the human contributions that are supposed to move the deity. Valid worship always begins with recognition of what God has already done.

Moses warned them [Israelites] that the leading spiritual danger they would face on entering the [promise] land would be forgetting the Lord. What adversity would not do, prosperity and satisfaction could. They were to be on their guard against spiritual lethargy.

All believers can increase their commitment to God by reflecting on His faithfulness and by considering the forms such commitment should assume in their experience.

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