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Jesus and Failure and Betrayal

At my church we've been going through the book of Mark, and in the past few weeks we've been coming closer and closer to the cross. Jesus has just had His last meal with His disciples (which was something very important to both them and Jesus, even though the...

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...

Fun Life Sayings

Let's have a little extra fun with this blog today! "Life is like a box of chocolates. Sometimes you have to look at it upside-down to see what you're going to get, and hope the chocolate doesn't fall out." "You can lead a human to knowledge, but you can't make him...

Because I Said So

I'm glad my parents loved me enough to sometimes require my obedience without explaining why I needed to obey. It does help in emergencies when you have no time to explain, but it also has a very important life application: God doesn't always explain Himself to us....

Divine Right

You may have heard of the Divine Right of Kings. This is a claim that has been used and misused by human kings to solidify their complete control and authority over a kingdom. Depending on the form of government to which you are accustomed, monarchy may be an abstract...

Seeking Perfection

Humans have an obsession with perfection. We have an idea of what it is, and we look for it constantly. We seek to have perfection, and we seek to be perfect. But we have a couple problems: Our own ideas of true perfection are flawed, and we can't achieve true...

The Bible Verses Around the Bible Verses

We Christians love to quote Bible verses. We have some favorites: Genesis 1:1, John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 3:23 and 6:23, and many, many others. While these verses are all good, sometimes we don't think about the verses around them. Just as a fun but helpful...

Go Get Your Promises

I'm a little behind on my Bible study homework (One in a Million: Journey to Your Promised Land, by Priscilla Shirer), but that doesn't make it any less good. In the place I'm at, the Israelites have come under the new leadership of Joshua, and it is time to go claim...