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Heaping Coals of Fire

In Romans 12:20, we see the apostle Paul referencing Proverbs 25:21-22. In a modern Western way of thinking, the term "heap coals of fire on his head" gives me the idea that I'm exacting some type of vengeance or convicting with shame by being kind to people I don't...

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...

How to Study the Bible

If you'd like to study the Bible but you aren't sure where to start, let me give you some pointers. If you already study the Bible and you do know where to start, I'd like to give you some reminders. Read it. You can't properly study a book you haven't read. I would...

Advice and Notes for New Year

It's been a year; how have we spent it? What are we going to improve on next year, and what will we keep the same? As we go into this next year, I'd like to remind us of a few things. God's idea is always better than yours. You have never met anyone that isn't...

All or Nothing

Getting saved, believing in Jesus' work in His birth, life, death, burial, and resurrection, isn't adding Jesus to your life, it is forsaking and turning away from all that keeps you back from following Jesus. You don't build Jesus into your life, you build your life...

After Christmas Again

Just because Christmas is over doesn't mean we need to immediately be over the celebration of Jesus' birth, what it was for, and the joy of being with our families. I hope things have been as good for you as they've been for me. It's this goodness that makes me not...

Heavenly Surprise

I've recently talked with a friend and a few family members about Heaven, and we talked about what we think it could be like. We have a few hints from the Bible, but God really hasn't said as much about it compared to the more immediately important things like Jesus'...

Christmas Songs

You've surely already heard the classic Christmas songs being played everywhere you go. Some of them are fun ones about snow, sleighs, and other wintry things I've never seen where I live, though I have a preference for the ones that have to do with Jesus Christ....