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Choosing Between Good Things

I have things to plan and work for regarding the future, and to do so I must figure out what things to give up in the present, if only temporarily. I don't want to give things up. I feel like I shouldn't give up some of them. But I do need to at least consider doing...

Summarized Bible References to Get You Curious

Robust 80-year-old man claims mountain inheritance promised to him 40 years before. (Joshua 14:6-15) Two men get too big for their respective britches. One flees from the other in battle, the other dies after a very strong woman tosses a millstone on his head. (Judges...

Just Wondering

I have things about the Bible that I wonder sometimes. They're not doctrinally important so the Bible doesn't give answers, so I just wonder for fun. If you're curious, here are a few. In the book of Ruth, was Ruth's and Boaz's relationship as romantic as my 21st...

Last Chance

Yesterday our pastor was speaking somewhere else, so one of our other teachers preached the sermons. Last night he talked about something very sad: There are times when you can use up your last chance with God. In Numbers 13-14, we see the children of Israel have...

Defending God

Technically God doesn't need us to defend Him. That doesn't mean that apologetics - the explanation of what we believe and why we believe it - is wrong, it just means that God isn't helpless. If He was helpless, how could He be God, and why would we believe in or even...

A Few More Phone Notes

Usually I keep notes in a notebook, but when it isn't with me, I use my phone to keep important things I hear for later. Only God remembers you forever - all the details, all the time. When God fills your cup, there is no room for anything else. If there is impotence...

God’s Revealed and Specific Will

I'm going to talk about two kinds of God's will: God's general or revealed will, and God's specific will. God's general or revealed will is what He's laid out in the Bible for everyone to see, hear, and know. God's specific will is what He lets each believer know...

Looking Back on and Forward to God’s Goodness

My life has changed quite a bit in the past month or so, and I'm making some decisions about where to go from here. While I have some ideas in place, we'll see what direction God takes me. As I've been thinking about what to do next, God has made sure to keep me...

Well-Known

God knows me better than I do. God knows what's on my mind at any given time, even when I'm not paying attention, and even when I refuse to pay attention because I don't want to have to think about something. But whether I'm struggling or whether I've got smooth...