God chose Israel not because they were superior but because of what He could do through them for others.

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.

God is concerned that Christians live consistent with their profession even in the seemingly small and insignificant areas of life.

Prosperity is often the enemy of spiritual development.

Protection of human life can be costly; but so is the neglect of that protection.

The health of marriage and the health of society are bound together; as one goes, so goes the other.

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.