The concept of freedom in Scripture differs from modern notions. Freedom is not a life lived free of restraints but a life that recognizes healthy limits, those that are concern to produce prosperity and order for the person who observes them.

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

The health of marriage and the health of society are bound together; as one goes, so goes the other.

Protection of human life can be costly; but so is the neglect of that protection.

God chooses people not for what He can do for them, but for the good they can do for others.

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.

In God's pattern of justice, He takes the risk of the guilty going free but not the innocent being punished.