In a world of constant change, God alone is the Rock upon which to build a life.

Only people of proven character should be placed in positions of spiritual leadership.

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

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.

Although their parents died in the wilderness for their stubbornness, Israel could profit from the older generation's failure by remembering that God had used adversity to train them.

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

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.