Serious About Scripture

Mentoring and motivating Christ’s people to live his words

An Amazing Promise NOT for You (Jeremiah 29:10-14)

10 “For thus says the LORD, ‘When seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to this place.11 For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.13 You will seek Me and…

HALLOWEEN or REFORMATION by guest author Ron Owens

While millions will be celebrating HALLOWEEN, and spending over $13,000,000,000 (billion) this coming Saturday, how many of us will be celebrating REFORMATION DAY, or even be thinking of what happened on October 31, 1517, 509 years ago? Who would have suspected that the sound of a hammer striking the Castle Church (Schlosskirche) door in Wittenberg, Germany on that day would be heard around the world, and ultimately lead to one of the greatest transformations of Western society since the Apostles…

What Parents Can Do if They Contributed to Their Teens’ Rebellion

We all have regrets. You might wish you had continued those piano lessons. Or perhaps you’re sorry you didn’t spend more time with your grandparents before their passing. One of the worst regrets in life is looking back and saying, “I was such an absent father,” or, “If only I had done things differently as a mother, maybe my children would love the Lord today.” I’ve known some parents of teenagers who had major regrets. They knew Ephesians 6:4 by…

Unplanned, Timely Conversations: A Letter from Steve

Dear CCW Family, Jim and Pam are on the road as I write. They left earlier in October and will be gone most of the month traveling in the southern and eastern US. They are visiting family and friends, Jim is engaged in various Bible teaching opportunities, and they are sharing the gospel with anyone who will listen. I have talked with Jim multiple times since their departure. He is so appreciative of your prayers. Soon after Jim and Pam…