Matthew 6:1-4
One of the most significant events of the late nineteenth century was urban and city growth. Immigrants and those from rural areas poured in. I...
Matthew 5:43-48
Suppose you were a lifeguard rescuing a drowning person.
If the person was your best friend or even a casual acquaintance, we would probab...
Matthew 5:38-42
The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775. They had no legal authority, but had to make decisions because of milita...
Matthew 5:33-37
Truth is sometimes hard to find. There was a time when people were as good as their word—and some still are. There were no written contracts, j...
Matthew 5:27-32
Maintaining a marriage and a family takes work and a lot of maintenance.
As in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, we’re often temp...
Matthew 5:27-30
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, was written as an indictment against the Puritanical beliefs of his day. The main character, Heste...
Matthew 5:21-26
Dr. S. I. McMillen, in his book None of These Diseases, wrote, “What a person eats is not as important as the bitter spirit, the hates, and t...
Matthew 5:17-19
Books today certainly don’t last as they did years ago. I suppose the main reason is that they are not made from durable material as they wer...
Matthew 5:13-16
John Donne once said, “No man is an island.”
American diplomat, philanthropist, and social activist Elihu Burritt said, “No human being ca...
Matthew 5:10-12
One biographer said of Savonarola, the Italian preacher and Reformer, “His preaching was a voice of thunder, and his denunciation of sin was ...
Matthew 5:9
Our world has known little peace.
The terrorist attack on New York and Washington, DC, in September of 2001—along with the long war on terror ...
Matthew 5:8
People who own greenhouses are usually in the business of selling flowers or other shrubbery or just want one so they can keep flowers year round...
Martin Wiles is an author, teacher, and freelance editor currently residing in Greenwood, South Carolina. He and his wife Michelle are founders and editors of Love Lines from God (www.lovelinesfromgod.com). Wiles has authored Grits & Grace & God and Grits, Gumbo, and Going to Church (Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas), Morning By Morning,Morning Serenity, Grace Greater Than Sin (America Star Books), Authentic Christianity (Smashwords) and is a contributing author in Penned from the Heart (Son-Rise Publications), and Rise (Chaplain Publishing). He has served as Regional Correspondent and Sunday school lesson writer for the Baptist Courier and also written for LifeWay’s Bible Studies for Life curriculum. He has also been published in Open Windows, Proclaim, The Secret Place, Upper Room, Light from the Word, Reach Out Columbia, Mustard Seed Ministries, Journey Christian Newspaper,Common Ground Herald, The Quiet Hour, and Power for Living. He is a regular contributor to Christian Devotions, and PCC Daily Devotions, and is a regular contributor for the Dorchester County Eagle Record, the Orangeburg County Times and Democrat, and the Greenwood County Index Journal. Wiles also serves as the Managing Editor for Christian Devotions and as an assistant Editor for Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolina. You can follow him @linesfromgod.
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