Blog
Fun Facts for the Fourth
Independence Day is celebrated on July 4th. Though the Continental Congress had voted to declare independence from the monarch of Britain on July 2nd, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was not fully revised and declared until the fourth. The United States of...
Pray for Your Leaders
With U.S. Independence Day coming up, I started thinking about national leaders and how hard it is to lead a country. While there are some leaders who don’t lead and just do what they want, don’t forget that there are always leaders who care about their people. In...
“Do You Have Any Questions?”
When teaching the little kids at church, I've started asking them if they have any questions after a lesson. Typically they don't, or at least not questions that have to do with the lesson, but sometimes kids come up with really great questions that you need to think...
A Heavenly, “Oh!”
There are a lot of things about and in the Bible we don't understand. God didn't give us exact and precise details, but He did tell us all we need to know. That doesn't stop us from being curious and forming ideas, like how it looked when God created the world and...
What Does That Mean?
Sometimes a part of the Bible isn't going to make sense to you. You'll read it over and it will still seem a little odd. Try reading the verses around it to get context, look up the original language, and do some cultural and historical study. Taking something out of...
Life Is Like…
Life is like practicing an instrument; you're only going to get better if you keep at it, and sometimes you have to go over the basics more than you'd like so you can be good at what's more advanced. Life is like a quadratic equation; not everyone knows how to do it...