Serious About Scripture

We are not perfect believers. Cataracts of unbelief cloud our sight and therefore we still stumble, much to our dismay. Looking intently at his glory as revealed in his word to us, by the transforming aid of the Spirit, our sight of him is sharpened from one degree to another creating increasing conformity to him. And, we look with hope for we know that when we see him as he is, there will be no filtering doubts any longer. Now…

It had not occurred to me that the fences in view on our back porch were so much in the style of colonial America. Such fences always impressed me when visiting Williamsburg in Virginia. The very wealthy might have wrought iron or stone, but the common fence 250 years ago was four feet high and wooden, sometimes painted but often not, just like ours. There is a warmth to that, as I look out over the fences here among neighbors,…

I hope you are part of a church that includes “the public reading of Scripture” (1 Timothy 4:13) at its main weekly meeting. Family worship is also a common setting for reading Scripture out loud to others. In both of these settings, both the reader and the hearers are, as John wrote about the public reading of Revelation, “blessed” (Rev. 1:3). What follows are two additional ways we can experience this blessing as readers and also bless others.  First, read…