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A Bit on Biblical Context and My Opinions and Choices

Each verse in the Bible has a greater context around it. Each chapter in the Bible has a greater context around it. Each book in the Bible has a greater context around it. If you don't take the whole context into context, you're very likely to miss important truths...
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Alabaster and Spikenard

In Mark 14:3-9, we see a woman displaying an act of full and pure devotion for Jesus. I'm quite familiar with this account, but recently in church I learned more details about why this was such a big deal. I did a little Internet searching on my own and learned a few...
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Advice from Pastors

I've gone through some older notes I've kept from sermons years ago. I've chosen a few phrases for some helpful advice. You're not special, you're unique. Unity in church comes when we stop thinking of ourselves as special and start thinking of ourselves as being...
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Surprise Coming

I was teaching one more Christmas lesson yesterday morning for the 2 and 3 year olds. I had one boy and one girl. They remembered most of the story and were able to answer questions, but we did talk a little more in depth about a few things. I let them know that Jesus...

After Christmas

Maybe you're not over Christmas yet. Good! Yet whether you are or not, don't forget about God's purpose. Jesus came as a baby, yes, but He didn't stay a baby. He grew up living a sinless life to sacrifice Himself on our behalf so our impossible sin-debt could be paid....

Did They Know?

Around Christmas I sometimes hear the song, "Mary, Did You Know?" Recently I've wondered if anyone else knew. When Mary's and Joseph's families heard about Mary's pregnancy and the explanation, did they know what that meant? When Jesus was lying in the manger, did the...

Well What Do I Know?

We humans know a lot of things. We humans also think we know a lot of things. Throughout history we have had things all figured out, only to find we were wrong all this time. Things we were sure worked, we found out we only thought they worked. Like when people...

Time Travel to Jesus’ Birth

I wonder on and off about what it would be like if I could time travel to any point in the life of Jesus. I thought about it pretty seriously the other day. While any point in the life of Jesus would be particularly wondrous, especially His death and resurrection, the...

For Unto Us

Jesus the Son of God came to earth as God's gift of love to us, to save us from our sins. We like the way that sounds. It's true, but I was thinking about how gifts work, especially this one. When someone gives you a gift, it might be because they have to for Secret...