“Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!” (Amos 6:1).

“So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty” (James 2:12).

“Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful” (I Corinthians 4:2).

There is a strong movement among evangelicals today to emphasize "intelligent design" as the argument of choice against naturalism and Darwinian evolution. The movement is also called "mere creation" or "the wedge movement," the idea being to avoid controversial subjects such as the Biblical doctrine of creation in talking to evolutionists.

“Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?” (Psalm 85:6).