God's loving discipline brings us face-to-face with our pride.

God not only allowed for joyful worship but also commanded it.

Demons lie behind much of the world's pagan worship systems.

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.

Exposure to false doctrine places a person at risk not just for theological errors but for moral failure.

Sometimes believers are hampered in their public effectiveness by limitations that are no fault of their own.

Father, we ask that you give us a passion for the truth and not merely a hatred of falsehood. Keep us concerned for the spiritual health of people but open to your own rebukes from your mighty Word.