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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...

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...

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....

Guarding and Keeping Your Heart

In Proverbs 4:23 we are told how important it is to keep or guard our hearts. I decided to look at the original Hebrew meaning for some of the words. (For this post I'm reading KJV, but I see no reason not to use a different translation. Since we're looking at the...

The Right Thing

Doing what you need to do and doing what's right should be the same thing. You don't have to prove someone else wrong to do what you know is right. Sometimes the question isn't, "What is the good thing?" but, "What is the best thing?" Sometimes we have to choose among...

God’s Vastness

Often when I watch a documentary on outer space or see a planetarium presentation, I feel incredibly small and insignificant. The universe is just so vast! Everything is zipping around at high speeds, sometimes around other things, following other things, or running...

A Few Reminders

Doing what you need to do and doing what's right should be the same thing. Just because someone else isn't doing their job is no excuse for you not to do yours. Winning the culture back is not the same thing as winning souls to Christ. If you are not getting into...

Reviewing Notes

I've always liked writing, and I've almost always taken notes. I've recently realized just how many notes I take, and just how many I've kept. These notes are everywhere: on paper, on my computer, on my phone! Some of these notes are important pieces of life advice....

God Can Handle Your Feelings

Sometimes we don't tell God how we really feel. I mean how we really, REALLY feel. We Christians especially sometimes don't say certain things because we think that we should never feel negatively. But God can handle our feelings. He's the one who gave them to us in...