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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...

Several Surrenders

The sermon last night was about surrendering to God, and my mind went quite a few places. Here is a bit of where it went. Sometimes in life you will have to surrender something to God more than once. Say someone has committed a serious offense towards you. You need to...

Children’s Version – The Boy Samuel

In the 2 and 3 year old Sunday School class we've been talking about the boy Samuel. His mother asked God for him, she gave him back to God, and God then called him. Sometimes I'm not sure if all the kids are paying attention, but after a while I always find out that...

How Much Should I Give God?

Christians give God one tenth (called a tithe) of whatever money we make, based on passages in the Bible where people gave God one tenth of their goods. Some people struggle with even giving that. Some people ask if that's really how much we should give God. When you...

Factoring God

More and more I see and hear things that say humanity in general is going in a bad direction. Things are very slowly falling apart. I see broken homes, crime, sickness and disease, the decay of morality. I've heard intelligent people who study and observe society say...

Songs of Worship

When you sing a song to God, you are praising and worshiping. While this is not the only way to praise or worship, it is a good way to do these. But sometimes we sing songs so much that their meanings are lost. We know what the words mean, we just don't really think...

Learning from Animals – Dogs, Part 2

(For part one: Learning from Animals - Dogs) I didn't know I'd have a second installment, but I have a couple stories to share. I've heard a story about a dog waiting eagerly outside a door. His master had already gone inside, and the dog had never been in the room...