Philip McDuffie

  • Refraining Wisdom

    “When words are many, transgression is not lacking,  but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.” Proverbs 10:19 If you are anything like me, and I am confident that I am not the exception here, then you love to hear yourself talk. According to the Bible though, this is not a good thing. Lately, this particular…

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  • Get Self-Control!

    “A man without self-control  is like a city broken into and left without walls.” Proverbs 25:28 The Bible teaches that we have three great enemies: the world, the flesh, and the devil. These three adversaries have done more damage to the human race than all the communist regimes throughout history. The world, this godless age…

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  • Don’t Overstay!

    “Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,  lest he have his fill of you and hate you.” Proverbs 25:17 Just the other day I was meditating on this proverb while I was sitting in my office. As one of our custodians came in to straighten up, I mentioned it to her to see…

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  • The Necessity of Rebuke

    To rebuke somebody is to tell somebody that they have done wrong. It is, figuratively speaking, a verbal spanking (Ps. 141:5)! A godly rebuke, one that honors the Lord, is to lovingly tell somebody they have done wrong with the aim of bringing them to repentance and restoration (Gal. 6:1). An ungodly rebuke, one that…

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  • The First Commandment

    “You shall have no other gods before me.” Last year I wrote a blog on the seventh commandment that listed out its meaning as well as some applications that followed. Within this blog, I want to do something similar with the first commandment. Let’s begin looking at this famous commandment. The Importance of this Commandment…

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  • How Good is the Steadfast Love of God?

    Psalm 63:3 Within Psalm 63, David says, “Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you” (Psalm 63:3). As you can see, David places two good things before him, the steadfast love of God and life, and compares them. In order to understand the beauty of what is being said here,…

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  • Our First Priority

    A Remarkable and Important Verse! One of my favorite verses in all the Bible is Matthew 6:33. Within the section of Scripture that this particular verse is found, Jesus is teaching his disciples how they are not to be anxious about food, water, or clothing. Their lives should not be consumed with an overwhelming preoccupation…

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