If Israel is to please the Lord fully, they will live lives that are as distinctive among the nations as their Lord is different from pagan deities.

The wise Christian will learn from the spiritual blunders of others.

We dare not trim stones to make God an altar, for if we do we ruin everything. We would spend time bringing people to the altar and saying, "Look at those beautiful stones we trimmed!" We merely need to accept the work that God has done for us in Christ. The object of His restrictions is to help us see how wonderful He is and to spend the rest of our lives rendering true worship to Him.

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.

Christians should be among those who speak loudest in defense of civil liberties and the protection of the weak.

God supplies the needs of His people according to their needs but does not ordinarily allow stockpiling.

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