Rob Marshall Online

Interview on Inside Scoop Live

Just a quick note to let everybody know that I recently did an interview with Gayle Campbell of Inside Scoop Live.  The interview is available at my author's page, and you can listen to the it at:

http://www.insidescooplive.com/author-pages/Marshall-Rob-reading-interview.html

God bless,

Rob

========================

If this article has blessed you, please take a moment to donate to this site.

Get two chapters from my book, Taking On Goliath for free when you sign up for my free newsletter.  Click here to sign up today.

God's Purpose For Our Lives

Most of us have probably heard the poem by Myra Brooks Welch called "The Touch of the Master's Hand."  It's a poem about an old, battered and scratched violin being sold at an auction.  No one was willing to bid on the violin until a gray-haired man came up out of the crowd, dusted off the bow, tightened the loose strings, and then played a "melody pure and sweet, as a caroling angel sings."

After hearing the beautiful song played on the violin, the bidding started off at one thousand, then went to two, and finally to three thousand dollars.  And while the crowd cheered that the violin was sold for so much, some asked, "What changed its worth?"  The reply was, "The touch of the Master's hand."

We often look at our own lives the way the crowd initially saw the old violin.  We are well aware of our faults, shortcomings, and the general mess we have made of our lives.  And we wonder if we will ever be able to have the kind of life that we've imagined for ourselves.  And when it comes to having that life, just like for the violin, we all need a touch of the Master's hand.

Biblical truths for thinking Christians

Since I changed the subtitle on the blog, I want to address the question of what I mean when I say: Biblical truths for thinking Christians.

When I say "biblical truths" it's because I am here to explore what the Bible says.  I want to do it in some new ways, but always with the goal in mind of coming to a better, deeper, understanding of what it teaches us.  I will use other material, and my own thoughts and reflections, but I will always bring it back and relate it to scripture.

And while I believe that there may be some bits of truth in other places, the definitive source for all truth, and in particular the kind of truth that will lead you to an incredible relationship with God, is the Bible.  Are there things that we might be able to learn from other philosophies?  Sure.  But unless they agree with what the Bible says, they are just interesting ideas.  But let's not simply dismiss them out of hand; let's be willing to put them to the test of God's word.