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Sometimes in order for you to understand why something is good news, you need to understand the bad news. Sometimes people, even including Christians, don't fully realize why the Gospel is literally The Good News. Your sin offends God. That is what you need to realize...

One of the topics of the sermon yesterday was Jesus teaching His disciples how to pray (Luke 11:1-4). This got me thinking about prayer and how many of us aren't nearly as good at it as we should be. We don't pray enough. Sometimes we don't even have the right idea of...

(Part 1 here: Parable of the Talents, Part 1) Continuing on, I want to talk about risking resources. In order to gain, sometimes you must lose, at least temporarily. When God gives us resources (including abilities), He gives them to us so we will use them. We are to...

Sunday school was interesting yesterday. Not that it isn't usually, it was just different. In Matthew 25:14-30, Jesus tells a parable about what the kingdom of Heaven is like, and talks about using resources. Before we get started, I have found that not everyone knows...

Some people love following instructions. Some people hate it. Some people use instructions more as guidelines. But there are times when instructions must be followed exactly or you will not get the intended result. For example, sometimes when baking or making candy,...

We all have past actions and choices that we regret. We have things about which we're not proud. We have life experiences where we messed up. Sometimes we'd like to forget, or at least leave it in the past where it should be. But isn't it so easy to keep going back to...