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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...

Outside the Box

Sometimes it helps to think of the universe like a box. So far we don't know how big the box is, but it is filled with all sorts of wonderful, mysterious, terrifying, beautiful things to observe and enjoy! If you have a box then you know there is both an inside and an...

Friends and Loneliness

Sometimes in life you will have a lot of good, godly friends around you. Sometimes you will not. Sometimes you will be surrounded by people both good and bad. At other times you will be alone. But if you are a child of God, you are never completely alone. God is your...

Biblical Languages and Bible Study

We have the Bible translated into many different languages so that anyone and everyone can read it. Once upon a time that wasn't the case, but God has moved people over the years to translate the Bible from Hebrew and Greek into other languages. It's still going on...

Hearing God’s Call

Sometimes we ask God to tell us His will. Sometimes He tells us before we ask. Sometimes He tells us whether we were going to ask or not. Regardless, when God speaks you'll know. When God leads, you'd better follow. Sometimes we don't want to know God's will because...

Expecting the Unexpected

When God works He often does something no one expected. When God promised Abraham a son, Abraham and his wife were well past child-bearing age. One of the times the children of Israel needed deliverance in the book of Judges, God called a poor, unsure man, and pared...

Immanent God

We sometimes treat our relationship with God as if it is long distance. So we treat prayers like phone calls, or e-mails, or sending a message by dove. But we are not in a long distance relationship with God! If you are saved, God is immanent - He is within you. In...