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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...

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...

“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...