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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...

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...

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...

Truth Stings, Truth Comforts

Sometimes the truth stings like antiseptic on a cut, but that's how you know it's working. Sometimes the truth comforts, like having a warm blanket fresh out of the dryer in the winter. Sometimes the effects of truth on you will cause either sensation, depending on...

Human Hypocrisy and Inconsistency

I was looking through some older writings I have and thought I would share. This is from 2014, before I had this blog: We humans are the personification and epitome of inconsistency. We are corrupt and live by our own morals, and that causes enormous amounts of...

The Root of the Problem, Part 2

Last time I talked about removing problems at the root (The Root of the Problem, Part 1). Now I'm going to talk about a different root problem. When you are gardening or growing any sort of plant, the roots need as much care as the rest of the plant, if not more care....

The Root of the Problem, Part 1

When gardening or doing basic lawn care, you need to remove weeds or they will take up all the resources that should go to the plants that you want to have there, killing your intended plants and ruining your work. But when you pull weeds, you find out that many are...

Unconditional Love in the Family

Through a couple conversations with a friend, I have recently been thinking more about unconditional love and what it means. The other day I wrote out a few thoughts I've had on it lately: If I ever decide to get married, I'll be very serious about it. I've seen a lot...

Metaphors and Parallels – Making a Statue

When you carve and chisel a statue out of stone, it takes quite a bit of work. Sometimes God's work in our lives is like making a statue. You start with a block or slab of rock. It doesn't really look like anything artistic, but the potential is there. Then you have...