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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...

Heart Medicine

I was looking through some of my old written stuff again. I found something that I wrote about the heart: “Got any medicine for a broken heart?” “Sure do. It’s called God’s True Unconditional Love, to be given and received by the heart many times daily.” “How many...

You Should Know the Creator

Read Psalm 19, and pay special attention to the first half. Creation shows us that there is a Creator. The more you look, the more you can see intelligent design. The more you look, the more attention to detail you can see. The more you look, the more you will notice...

God Can Work Unseen

Remember when I talked about God being in control, and how my church is going through a change? I've come to find that God was working on this before I even knew it. God has been moving another man's heart, and he wants to come to our church with his family to fill...

Sharing Wisdom Scrawlings

I have notes that I scrawl on any paper I can find when I don't have my "wisdom notebook." I thought I'd share a few of them: Just because you understand something doesn't mean that it means something to you. You can't believe something that you were never told. We're...

God’s Job, Not Yours

It seems to me that I keep bringing this up. Maybe it's because I need to hear it. But there are certain things that are God's job and NOT yours or mine. Specifically for this discussion, only God can change a heart and mind. Only God can save a soul and revive a...

God Controls Change

Yesterday my church had a send-off fellowship for a man and his family. While he, his wife, and their children are greatly loved and appreciated here, God has called him to serve in a different church. This man and his wife are leaving some important positions open...