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.

God's love does not depend on the current spiritual condition of those He loves.

The worship practices of the people of God are to be marked by devotion to Him and compassion to the needy.

Nothing should be considered outside the scope of God's authority.

People sometimes punish to exact judgment for past actions. God disciplines in order to teach and always in the interest of those whom he disciplines.

Religious truth is not false for being narrow any more than mathematical or scientific truth is false for the same reason.

Believers have just as much to fear from legalism as from waywardness. The first detracts from the beauty of the message, while the second mars it content.