Grace is always given freely by God, but grace received should always issue in a joyous delight in Him.

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

Believers should be more concerned for God's opinion of them than for what human opponents might do to their bodies.

God expects believers to improve their attitude in giving as well as their giving itself.

Individual believers are not to usurp the role of civil government and judge people who are offensive.

Fear of the right type can be beneficial to the people of God (see Prov. 1:7), but the fear of man's hostile intentions seldom fits that category.

Training leaders is part of the work of discipling.