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

When shame is missing from corporate life, society, quickly becomes uncivilized.

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.

God chooses people not for what He can do for them, but for the good they can do for others.

Moses warned them [Israelites] that the leading spiritual danger they would face on entering the [promise] land would be forgetting the Lord. What adversity would not do, prosperity and satisfaction could. They were to be on their guard against spiritual lethargy.

The opposite of love is indifference to the genuine needs of others.

When believers neglect the revealed Word of God, they are likely to turn to silly and unprofitable methods of insight.