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Glory, Irony, and a Crying Savior

I'm late to write this blog, but this time it feels like more of a good thing than usual because I have some things to share from the sermon tonight that I might not have shared this soon otherwise. We were in Mark 15:15-32. The crucifixion of Christ has some glorious...

In Court and On Trial

A few days ago someone was talking about how God is the judge in the courtroom of life, and we can try to put Him on trial as if we're the judge, but we can't do that because we're not the judge. Then I started thinking about what it looks like when people try to...

A Summary Look Back Before Going Forward

I've been in Deuteronomy in my daily Bible reading lately. Here Moses is giving the children of Israel a summary of what's happened to them since they left Egypt (Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers) before they head into the Promised Land. He's reminding them of the...

Trusting and Responding at Full Speed

In the past couple of years I have regularly been around a few dogs. One of these dogs absolutely loves to chase squirrels. He could be sound asleep and if you whisper the word squirrel, he'll jump up and bolt for the door. This is what has gotten me thinking: this...

Love One Another

This post is almost a continuation of Showing Love for God. Just like loving God has ways it shows up in your life, so does loving others. Jesus told His disciples that they should love one another like He loves them (John 13:34 and 15:12 & 17). Loving others is a...

Losing to Gain

Often we need to lose one thing to gain another. Sometimes we need to make room for something else in the closet. Sometimes we need to lose weight to gain better health. Sometimes we need to remove an activity to have time to do a more important one. Sometimes we need...

Temptations of Jesus

We all know about the time Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, but the sermon yesterday morning made me realize Jesus was probably tempted at plenty of other times. The Bible says Jesus was tempted or tested in all points like we are (Hebrews 4:15). In the sermon...

More Notes

I'm sharing notes again. Any time I hear something interesting, wise, funny, and/or profound, I write it down. I have several collections of notes hither and thither that I sometime re-read, and I looked at some more today. God is the one who identifies me. He knows...

Showing Love for God

How do I know that I love God? When I love God, I will do what He says (John 14:15 & 21, 15:10 & 14; Romans 13:8-10; 1 John 5:2-3). That's what we do when we love anyone really. When we love someone we tend to do what they say and really listen to them. But...