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Nominal Christians (September 2)
“Nominal” Christians are Christians in “name only.” They are the modern embodiment of the mentality God spoke of in Isaiah’s day: “[They] draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me” (Isaiah 29:13).
Enter by the Narrow Gate (September 1)
God will help us and discipline us (Hebrews 12:5-11). But having been disciplined by God, we will have to discipline ourselves. We will have to exert ourselves to go uphill rather than downhill, doing a good deal more than what comes “naturally.”
Seeking God with Our Families (September 2)
Seeking God can never be a merely intellectual pursuit. Having thoughtfully read what God reveals of Himself in the Scriptures, we then have to take those truths and investigate them in our most practical relationships, such as our home and family.
The Hazard of the Headlines (September 1)
It is reasonable to want to understand the world, and it does take a certain amount of information to do that. But if we’re not careful, we’ll be drowned in a sea of useless “news.” We need to learn about what is old as well as what is new.
God Will Help, But . . . (September 2)
God will help us, it but it is still we who will have to die. “No matter how close to yours another’s steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you’ll do alone.” So what will we do when we have to do this thing that no one can do for us?
What the Tempest Can Teach Us (September 1)
Jesus would have dealt with the storm when the time was right; meanwhile the disciples should have hung on. So we need to learn the lesson of the tempest: we should let God decide when the situation has grown dangerous enough to warrant His action.
Benefit (September 2)
It would be a fine thing if more of us sought mutual benefit in all our dealings. Other people are not our tools, and they have no more duty to serve our needs than we have to serve theirs. True benefit is always a two-way street.
Intuition (September 1)
Intuition and reason are not opposed; they are allies in our quest for truth. And in regard to the more important truths, intuition is the sensitivity that a person acquires after training the mind first to think carefully, to believe, and to trust.
DFBS 236 – It is better to do what is right than to do what is easy
Sometimes a thing may be both right and easy, but often the right thing is not easy, and at such times a choice has to be made. When difficult choices arise, we need to be people who have disciplined our wills to do as we ought, however hard it is.
DFBS 235 – God wants us to be lights in the world
There is an inherent attractiveness to the truth, and if we practice God’s truth, others will be drawn to its goodness. If we serve others in the strength that God supplies, those who are served will be moved by love and gratitude to glorify God.
July 2025
With the current loss of some support, I am reminded not to take for granted the help that so many of you provide. It is a blessing for which I want to be a good steward. And I hope you see it as I do: this is a work we are doing together.
May 2025
I’ve always said that a writer shouldn’t publish anything he’s not prepared to meet again at judgment, so I’m asking if my previously published pages are truly the best that I can do. Before I die, I hope to publish revised editions of all the older books.