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In Court and On Trial

A few days ago someone was talking about how God is the judge in the courtroom of life, and we can try to put Him on trial as if we're the judge, but we can't do that because we're not the judge. Then I started thinking about what it looks like when people try to...

A Summary Look Back Before Going Forward

I've been in Deuteronomy in my daily Bible reading lately. Here Moses is giving the children of Israel a summary of what's happened to them since they left Egypt (Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers) before they head into the Promised Land. He's reminding them of the...

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...

Who Is Your Nineveh?

We had a guest speaker yesterday morning at church, and he was preaching from the book of Jonah. God said the city was wicked (Jonah 1:2), and if our exceedingly patient God points out the wickedness of a specific area or people in the Bible, that usually means it's...

Relationship Status

I have a little more from Sunday morning's sermon to share. One note in particular needed its own post. Sometimes certain actions won't change your status with someone, but they will change your relationship with them. For example, even if I offend my parents so badly...

Heart and Mind

I have a lot of notes from yesterday morning's sermon, so I'm going to organize them into a blog post. Sometimes the heart and the mind are the same thing. Even when we make a distinction between the two, there is a very, very strong connection between them. What is...

Jeremiah’s Call and Struggle

I've been reading in the book of Jeremiah in my Bible reading lately, and that man went through quite a bit. God called Jeremiah to be a prophet to people who wouldn't listen to him, and said as much to Jeremiah. God also assured Jeremiah He would be with him through...

But I’m Not One of *Those* Christians

Sometimes I notice a lot of people who say they're Christian getting upset over things that either they shouldn't be upset about, or they're getting upset the wrong way about it. Some of these people don't just claim to be Christians, they actually are Christians!...

Mind Metaphors

Nature abhors a vacuum. If there is literally nothing in a space, not even air, the empty void will suck in its surroundings until it is filled. If you want to get rid of a bad habit or thought process, you need to replace it with a good one. If you take something...