“To “stay dressed for action” is to remember that our lives are meant for more than whatever it is we are doing and experiencing right now and today and tomorrow – and that our lives right now and today and tomorrow and forevermore have God as their ultimate destiny.”

Israel is not to live like the other nations around them, but Israel is to live for God alone. No longer conformed to the world around them, but now transformed by the grace of God and in accord with the Ten Commandments.

“Jesus doesn’t just hear this man’s words, He reads this man’s heart.”

“To fear God, says the Bible, is something else – it is the beginning of wisdom. It is a fear defined not by anxiety, but by awe and reverence.”

“The phrase “the finger of God” is a powerful reassurance for us – that if you and I are in the hands of God, then we have nothing to fear. Because in the end, God wins. And, in the end, our all-powerful and loving God shall move His finger and make all things new.”