Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 45 -- Proverbs 4:23 reminds us that everything we do flows from our heart. Because of this, it exhorts us to "guard our hearts." In the previous episode, we explored what that means. In this episode, we explore the best way to do that. What is the best way to guard our hearts? Listen and find out! "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the things I am learning abo...
Nov 02, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 44 - In this episode, we look at how the Bible defines the heart (also known as the soul), and its relationship to the spirit and the body. We also see that the Bible declares that both good treasure and bad treasure can come forth from our heart. If that is the case, then what are we to do as believers? Listen to this episode and find out! "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devot...
Oct 26, 2025•8 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 43 -- In this episode, we continue our look at a wonderful (and challenging) word picture of our heart, and our interactions with Christ as we take Him on a tour of the rooms of our heart, symbolic of the areas of our lives. Today, we will look at the playroom (the room of amusements, friendships, and activities), and the hall closet (where some secret things are hidden). How do these rooms of our heart relate to ou...
Oct 19, 2025•8 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 42 - In this episode, we continue our look at a wonderful (and challenging) word picture of our heart, and our interactions with Christ as we take Him on a tour of the rooms of our heart, symbolic of the areas of our lives. Today, we will look at the drawing room (the quiet and secluded room), and the workshop (the room where talents and skills are put to use). How do these rooms of our heart relate to our walk with...
Oct 12, 2025•7 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 41 - What does the Bible mean by "the heart?" I have found a wonderful, modern-day parable that offers many helpful insights into the various facets of the heart. In today's episode, I begin sharing this word picture. Listen, and see if you identify with the illustrations presented. "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the things I am learning about the ways and...
Oct 06, 2025•7 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 40 - We see the word "heart" frequently in the Bible. We can tell that it almost never refers to our physical heart. So, what is it referring to? And how does it relate to how I live my life? Listen and find out! "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the things I am learning about the ways and nature of God, through applying my study of the Scriptures to life, in...
Sep 28, 2025•7 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 39 - On the evening before Christ's crucifixion, Jesus spent time with His disciples, sharing with them important principles that He wanted them to embrace. He used an illustration of fruitful and fruitless branches of a tree to illustrate an important spiritual truth. Listen to today's episode, and find out what that truth is! "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I sha...
Sep 21, 2025•7 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 38 - In this episode, we explore the concept that reading, studying, and meditating on the Scriptures are not the end, but the means to the end. And what is that end? Listen and find out! Link to the song “Mrs. Phillip’s Prayer” by Chuck Sugar (mentioned in today's episode): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVjON76K0i0 "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the thi...
Sep 14, 2025•9 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 37 -- The mind does not get renewed simply by reading and studying the Bible. "Wait! Did I read that right?" You did! It has to do with how God designed the mind. So, how does God renew our minds? And what part do reading and studying the Bible play in this renewal process? Listen and find out! "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the things I am learning about ...
Sep 07, 2025•7 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 36 - If we are honest with ourselves, we must admit that there is a tendency in our times of Bible study to merely accumulating Bible knowledge, rather than continuing on to the real purpose: to actually apply these biblical principles to our lives. In this episode, I share some insights on how to avoid this pitfall. "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the thin...
Aug 31, 2025•8 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2, Episode 35 - In this bonus episode, I interview author and church planter Seth Lewis. We discuss the work that he and his wife do in Ireland as missionaries and church planters. We also discuss his two books "Dream Small" and "The Language of Rivers and Stars," which are available at all major bookstores, including Amazon. To find out more about his ministry, go to www.sethandjessica.com. To sign up for their newsletter, s...
Aug 24, 2025•17 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 34 - Have you ever been in the middle of a challenging situation, and you did not know what to do? That is actually a common experience for all of us, at one time or another. Did you know that the Bible gives us some wonderful and very practical principles for just such situations? Listen and find out what they are! "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the thing...
Aug 17, 2025•8 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 33 - Why does God tell us in James 1:2 to "consider it all joy... when we encounter various trials?" That seems counter-intuitive. My first reaction to challenges in life is not usually joy. I once asked God to help me understand this verse better. What did He show me? Listen to this episode and find out! "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the things I am lear...
Aug 10, 2025•7 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 32 - What does the Bible say will be the results of listening attentively to others? In the previous episode, I shared my ah-ha moment of discovering my total lack of attentive listening, and how I began the process of learning. I then shared 3 results of attentive listening, based on the Scriptures. In this episode, we look at 3 more results. Listen (no pun intended) and find out what they are! "Reflect on This" is...
Aug 03, 2025•8 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 31 - In this episode, I share a very personal illustration of what can happen when you do not follow the biblical principles of listening attentively to others. I found 6 such principles in the Scriptures. What are they? Listen and find out! "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the things I am learning about the ways and nature of God, through applying my study ...
Jul 28, 2025•8 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 30 - Have you ever heard the phrase "the trap of integrity?" It is when your attention turns to maintaining personal righteousness. But isn't that what followers of Jesus are supposed to do? Listen and find out! "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the things I am learning about the ways and nature of God, through applying my study of the Scriptures to life, in ...
Jul 20, 2025•7 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 29 - We have often heard the verses from the Bible that state that God is love. But what does that really mean? What is genuine love? Listen and find out! "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the things I am learning about the ways and nature of God, through applying my study of the Scriptures to life, in practical and fulfilling ways. If you like the podcast, p...
Jul 13, 2025•7 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 28 -- Nature is an important way that God communicates to us. In fact, the Bible is full of verses that amplify this truth. This is made very clear in a new book, "The Language of Rivers and Stars," that I read recently. What are the main ideas from this book? Listen and find out! "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the things I am learning about the ways and n...
Jul 06, 2025•7 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 27 - What spiritual lessons can a person learn from the breakdown of a cherished, decades-old riding mower? Listen and find out! Please consider supporting Manufacture Good, an amazing Christian ministry described in a recent bonus episode. www.manufacturegood.org "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the things I am learning about the ways and nature of God, thr...
Jun 29, 2025•8 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 26 - Sometimes, it seems that God will repeat something in our lives, because there is something very important for us to learn in it. Listen and find out "the rest of the story" -- how a second broken car experience helped me understand a principle in a deeper way. Please consider supporting Manufacture Good, an amazing Christian ministry described in a recent bonus episode. www.manufacturegood.org "Reflect on This...
Jun 22, 2025•8 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 25 - Are there spiritual lessons we can learn from a broken car? I sure did! Listen and find out the lesson I learned from my broken car, and see how this lesson applies to all of life. Please consider supporting Manufacture Good, an amazing Christian ministry described in a recent bonus episode. www.manufacturegood.org "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the t...
Jun 15, 2025•7 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 24 - What is the "advantage" that followers of Jesus have been given? What are the purposes of this "advantage?" What are the benefits to us of this "advantage?" And what is this "advantage" anyway? Listen and find out! "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the things I am learning about the ways and nature of God, through applying my study of the Scriptures to l...
Jun 08, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 23 - In this bonus episode, I interview the Chairman of the Board of Manufacture Good, a unique Christian ministry in Birmingham, Alabama. Manufacture Good is a Christian ministry that offers apprenticeships to men that need a second chance. These apprentices learn biblical principles, character, and valuable woodworking and metalworking skills which lead to employment opportunities. The sale of the high-quality fur...
Jun 01, 2025•19 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 22 - I think we all recognize that we should embrace the principle of forgiveness - the "why" of forgiveness. But the actual process of forgiveness - the "how" of forgiveness - is often harder to understand and implement. Want to know a very practical way to extend and receive forgiveness? Listen and find out! "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the things I am...
May 25, 2025•8 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 21 - Why is giving and receiving forgiveness important? What are some truths (and some misunderstandings) about forgiveness? Listen and find out! (Some of this episode is inspired by an article by Sam Storms, originally posted on the Enjoying God Ministries web site on May 4, 2011.) "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the things I am learning about living life ...
May 18, 2025•7 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 20 - What is the "fear of loss?" And what does it have to do with biblical principles for living? Listen and find out! "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the things I am learning about living life with God-given purpose and meaning, through applying the Scriptures to life in practical and fulfilling ways. If you like the podcast, please tell your friends and f...
May 11, 2025•7 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 19 - In today's episode, we take a quick look at the life of Jacob from the book of Genesis. I had not noticed until recently that, for the first 40 years of Jacob's life, Jehovah was never referred to as Jacob's God, but always as "the God of Abraham and Isaac." Why is this significant? What event caused this to change later in his life? And what is the application for us? Listen to the episode and find out! "Refle...
May 04, 2025•9 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 18 - In today's world, the prevailing culture is one of focusing on amassing as much "stuff" as possible - for fun, pleasure, and prestige. This prevailing trend is easy for even followers of Jesus to be influenced, to the point that we are tempted to be greedy and to covet what others have. But this tendency toward greed is obviously not as serious as some other "big" sins listed in the Bible that believers should ...
Apr 27, 2025•7 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 17 - Are there examples in the Bible of people who experienced waiting periods in their life? Can we learn anything from them that helps us in the waiting periods of our life? Listen and find out! "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the things I am learning about living life with God-given purpose and meaning, through applying the Scriptures to life in practica...
Apr 16, 2025•7 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Click this link to send feedback or suggestions directly to me! Season 2 Episode 16 - How can the reading of the Old Testament law to the Israelites from two mountains give us a glimpse into the God's plan for redemption? Listen and find out! "Reflect on This" is a once-weekly, short devotional podcast. In these devotionals, I share the things I am learning about the ways and nature of God, in what I hope are practical and meaningful ways. If you like the podcast, please tell your friends and fa...
Apr 13, 2025•8 min•Season 2Ep. 16
