False teaching - anything that would weaken the believer's ties to his Lord - must be confronted wherever it appears, even if that confrontation requires painful correction.

Love is one factor - but not the only on - that God uses to promote the permanence of the marriage bond.

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.

Mental confusion can be the product of divine discipline.

Some believers tend to forget God's persistent faithfulness in the face of the spectacular and showy.

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

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