Believers are inclined to attribute their spiritual successes to their godliness when it would be more accurate to connect them with God's faithfulness.

Although spiritual growth puts our wills to the test, after the battle has been won, we recognize that the Lord is the true victor in the struggle.

Training leaders is part of the work of discipling.

Compassion for victims is sometimes forgotten in a misapplied concern for their oppressors and murderers.

By definition, if man contributes anything toward acceptance by God, he loses everything. God expects man to be the recipient, not the originator. Jesus paid it all, not 99% of it. Paul wrote, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast"

A life that is lived without regard to God cannot be called living.

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