Truth Matters

The latest devotional by Philip De Courcy

Jan282019

Don't Bail Early

You may have heard the funny story of the lawyer, doctor, little boy, and priest who were up in a small plane for an afternoon flight when the aircraft developed some mechanical problems. Despite the pilot’s best efforts, the plane could not be kept airborne and so began to descend...Read more

Jan212019

The Sensible Thing To Do

Like most effective leaders, Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer, the founder of Dallas Theological Seminary, was a standout character and a unique individual.  He was not cut from the same cloth as most. In proving my point, I remember reading about a banquet he was asked to speak at in Dallas. The...Read more

Jan072019

Amazing Grace

In the book Holy,Holy,Holy, R. C. Sproul tells the story of his second year in teaching. He had been assigned to teach a class on Old Testament Introduction to 250 college freshmen. As part of the coursework, Dr. Sproul required three small papers due on the 30th of September, October and...Read more

Sep172018

Watch Your Mouth

As precious as the right to speak is, saying the right thing at the right time in the right manner is even more valuable. In this regard I like the story that comes out of the life of the great scientist Albert Einstein. Once, as a guest of honor at...Read more

Sep032018

THE WRONG PLACE TO BEGIN WITH

In his book This is Living, Leonard Griffith provides us a wonderful perspective on prayer and where to begin. He writes, “Too often we start to pray at the wrong place. Prayer should begin not with ourselves but with God – a conscious awareness that we stand before Him as creatures before...Read more

Aug272018

UPDATING OUR WORSHIP

The worship offered to God in most churches on Sunday needs updating. It needs to become more contemporary, but not in the way most people think. When I talk about the need for more contemporary worship in our churches, I am not thinking in terms of a band replacing an...Read more

Aug202018

WELCOME HOME

Along with many in our nation, I sat glued to my television in March 2018 as the funeral service for the Reverend Billy Graham unfolded. It was a beautiful service where God’s servant was honored, God’s word preached, God’s grace magnified, and God’s dear Son exalted. During the service all...Read more

Jul232018

THE HIDING PLACE

David McCullough’s book, The Great Bridge, tells an engaging and enlightening story about the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which arches the East River and joins Manhattan to Brooklyn. In June 1872, the chief engineer of the project wrote, “To much of the public that might imagine that no work...Read more

Jul162018

BELIEVING THE BEST

In his book Life Essentials, author Tony Evans remembers during his days at Dallas Seminary how one of his favorite professor’s, Dr. Howard Hendricks, told them of how his fifth-grade teacher tied him to the chair in an attempt to make him behave. When he went to sixth grade, his...Read more

Jun252018

YOU ARE RICHER THAN YOU THINK

The guy was obviously down in the mouth as he sat on the park bench. He was so depressed looking that a policeman who was patrolling the area sat down, and sought to console him. “Something the matter?” asked the policeman of the young man who was staring into space....Read more

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