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

The choice of a mate is crucial because no one has a greater influence on our spiritual lives.

Truth can be attested by the supernatural, but so can falsehood.

Christians must allow no unclean thing to interfere with a harmonious relationship with Christ.

There is a kind of misguided pity that deals gently with false teachers at the expense of their victims.

In Deuteronomy 11, God offers Israel a choice; either a life of productivity and enjoyment made possible by obedience to Him, or a life of difficulty and opposition made necessary by disobedience. The happiness Israel desires can only be theirs by being properly related to Him.

God is not naïve in the giving of His laws; He anticipates our disobedience even as He commands our obedience.