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

The faithfulness of God in the past fortifies believers for future challenges.

Christians should be among those who speak loudest in defense of civil liberties and the protection of the weak.

The choice of a mate is crucial because no one has a greater influence on our spiritual lives.

If Israel is to please the Lord fully, they will live lives that are as distinctive among the nations as their Lord is different from pagan deities.

Kindness that allows barriers to one's relationship with God to spring up is self-destructive.

God wanted Israel, as He wants Christians, to learn to utterly abhor and detest anything that had the potential of coming between them and their God. The believer's enemies are typically internal rather than external, and they pose a powerful threat to spiritual health and progress.