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Missionaries During the Holidays
My church sponsors and supports several missionaries, and we keep up with them regularly. The lady who reads the mission reports in church reminds us around the holidays that sometimes this can be a very lonely time for some of them. Some missionaries are involved in...
A Bit on Hope
The reason we despair is because we lose our sense of hope. We lose our sense of hope by not maintaining a proper focus. But God is still here, ready to hand hope to us again as soon as we turn around to look for it. You cannot cling to despair and be raised by hope....
Looking to Jesus
We Christians like to say we should look to Jesus for everything, or rely on Him for everything. Basically, we should focus on Jesus. But sometimes we don't really think about what that means. What does it mean to look to, rely on, and focus on Jesus, and how do I do...
The Different Perspectives of the Gospels
I'm doing a chronological, side-by-side reading through my Bible this year, so I've been able to read the Gospels telling the same parts of Jesus's life in different ways. I've found the perspectives interesting and sometimes funny. While some people think that the...
Abbreviated Advice
I've heard a few abbreviations over the years that can actually be helpful to remember, even if sometimes they feel a little silly. A lot of the time we really do need to ask ourselves, WWJD? (What Would Jesus Do?). But sometimes, JPWNHGHITSITFP (Jesus Probably Would...
The Lost Sons
The parable of the Prodigal Son or the Lost Son is something I've written about before (The Prodigal Son and His Brother), but last night during the sermon I heard something that I haven't thought of before: It isn't the parable of the Lost Son, singular, it's the...