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.

Courage is the most fundamental of all virtues.

The opposite of love is indifference to the genuine needs of others.

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

The thoughtful believer recalls God's faithfulness in the past when confronted by any new threat. Part of spiritual maturity is strong sense of one's own history.

Giving to God should come from the firstfruits of a person's labor rather than from what is left after the bills are paid.