Select Page

Blog

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...

Post-Conference Post

This is one of my few "better late than never" blog posts. It is the day after Missions Conference at my church, and we cleaned up after it this morning. Believe it or not, that was fun. But let's talk about the conference itself. Was it tiring? Physically, yes. But...

Hidden Truth

I want to share some of what I learned in the morning sermon yesterday! God wrote two books that tell you about the truth of His existence: the Bible and creation. They both agree with each other, and they are both designed to point you to knowing that God does exist....

Let’s Talk About Equality

It seems like everyone is talking about equality these days. But I'm starting to wonder if anyone really knows what equality means. I've written about this before (Equal, Same, Different), but I think I'll talk about it again. Equality means that you and I and he and...

Outside of and Unbound by Time

God is not bound by time. He created it and controls it. He stands outside of its parentheses. Time does not hold God, God holds time. But we are bound by time. We count time down to fractions of seconds. We go between feeling like we have too much time and feeling...

Choosing a Side

There is a line between good and evil, between God's side and Satan's side, between serving God and serving Satan. But you can't stand on the line. You are on one side or the other. There is no middle ground. And we all start out on the wrong side of the line. Humans...

I Pledge Allegiance

I looked up the words "pledge" and "allegiance" in the American Dictionary of the English Language - Noah Webster 1828. A pledge is something given to be held until payment is ready. Allegiance is the duty of fidelity to a king or government. Both involve being bound...