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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...
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Advice from Pastors

I've gone through some older notes I've kept from sermons years ago. I've chosen a few phrases for some helpful advice. You're not special, you're unique. Unity in church comes when we stop thinking of ourselves as special and start thinking of ourselves as being...
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The Resurrection of Lazarus

In John 11:1-45, we see a story that I've heard so many times that I run the risk of being over-familiar with it. But while thinking about it over the past few days, I've wondered what it must have been like to see it. I read it again, spending some time on it....
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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...

“But Isn’t God Nice?”

I was teaching about Noah's ark yesterday morning for the little kids' Sunday School class (Genesis 6:5-9:17). When we got to the part about the rainbow when God promised never to flood the entire earth again, one of the girls wondered why God would have flooded the...

Would I and Do I Really Get Along with Jesus?

We Christians often ask, "What would Jesus do?" and we know we are supposed to imitate Jesus, becoming more like He is as we reach people with His Gospel. But sometimes we get a little cloistered in our comfy little churches and get uncomfortable with the people...

Of Old and Before

I was reading in Isaiah 44-48 this morning, and noticed how many times God was saying that He had told Israel from a long time ago what was going to happen to them now because He knew that they'd be worshipping idols, and He wanted them to know for sure that this...

Grace for the Thorn

In 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Paul talks about a persistent problem he had and God's grace that was sufficient to help him with it. There is a lot of speculation about what Paul's "thorn in the flesh" was. Some think it could have been a physical health condition or...

True Accomplishments, Again

I noticed something I had written a while back, True Accomplishments, and thought of something else that has to do with true accomplishments: Paul had a lot of personal accomplishments, but they didn't mean anything to him in light of God's Gospel and knowing Jesus...