Each week an email devotion titled Think Scripturally is distributed to anyone who would like to receive it. These short emails are designed to guide the reader to think and evaluate everything from a Christ-centered and biblical perspective. The world in which we live is fast-paced and headed away from Christ as fast as it… Read More
Poisonous Weeds and Venomous Vipers
For the heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; Who can understand it? (Jeremiah 17:9) Read More
Little Things
“And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” – Romans 8:28 John Newton wrote: “The promise is express and literally true, that all things, universally and without exception, shall work together for good to them that… Read More
We Have a Guide
He will guide us forever (Psalm 48:14) A few years ago, my wife and I took a trip to Santee, South Carolina. During that time we went on a boat tour through an area of Lake Marion, named in honor of Revolutionary War hero, Francis Marion. The majority of our sightseeing excursion was in the… Read More
Treasures of Wisdom
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7 If you really want to read a great manual on life and people, read the book of Proverbs. The first verse is impressive in itself; “The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel”. In… Read More
The Toy Box’s Story
“My Word…will not return to Me empty, without accomplishing what I desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11 “Here I sit, — fresh from father’s workshop. He’s put so much work into me and I can’t wait to see little Timmy’s face when I’m brought into my family’s… Read More
The Wounded of Christmas Seasons
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3 Many years ago Charles Allan wrote: “The human mind is like the human body. It can be wounded. Sorrow is a wound. It cuts deeply, but sorrow is a clean wound, and will heal unless something gets into the wound, such as bitterness, self-pity,… Read More
Consequences
“… we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it” (Hebrews 2:1). Plato said, “The life which is unexamined is not worth living.” Although Plato certainly was not a believer, was his statement about an unexamined life correct? Evidently he was correct for Paul… Read More