Think On These Things
Truth Does Matter!
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Recently, the distinguished columnist, Charles Krauthammer, published a book titled (Things That Matter). His treatise deals with the political, scientific, cultural, and international events. My purpose is to deal with religious events and challenge the earnest Christian to think on the true, the lovely, and the virtuous. This often involves discerning and researching what is true and what is false, just as you must do with e-mail forwards. Beliefs do matter. They affect conduct. The biblical exhortation is to think. It is a good exercise. It enables reason. A favorite theme of some ministers is positive thinking. That has its good points, but it is of no help in discerning truth from error. For the Christian student, critical thinking demands study from different resources to arrive at truth. The greatest resource of all is God's Word, and that has to be the final arbitrator, to arrive at truth. So we begin in the spirit of the Bereans, searching the Scriptures daily to determine what we have thought and heard is true.
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The subtitle, “Truth Does Matter!” to Dr. Maslin’s book, Think on These Things, says it all. Dr. Maslin has drawn on his 40 years as a pastor to guide him in selecting practical and spiritual topics to which he applies the truth of God’s Word. He draws upon both classical and contemporary authors for illustrations and insight. His research ranges from Bible commentaries to websites and scholarly books. He draws it all together in light of the Scriptures. For those who wish to think deeply on important topics, reading Think on These Things by Dr. Maslin is a good place to begin.
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Dr. H. Hershel Adams
Retired Pastor and Director of Missions
About the Author
Roger Maslin was born and raised on a small farm in the Appalachian area of Pennsylvania. He was converted to Christianity in the home, and soon was baptized in the Chemung River and joined the closest Baptist church. He studied agriculture for four years in high school until his conversion to Christianity and his call to preach. He then pursued studying for the ministry at the nearest bible college.
He followed by earning a BA in bible studies at Wheaton College, an MA degree in religion at Baylor University, an MDiv degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and finally, a Doctorate of Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
His pastoral ministry took him to Illinois, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Florida, where he experienced a fruitful ministry at churches in Daytona Beach, Dunedin, and Sanford. He is the author of A Manual on the Millennium and Dealing With the Difficult. He is now retired and lives with his wife and daughter in central Florida.