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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...
Call Me Out
I've been looking at some of my earliest posts on this blog and thinking about some things that I've learned to do and say better. I've said things better on the same topics in subsequent posts. I've been called out on a couple things in the past and gone back to...
Always Ready
In a sermon in Hebrews 12 a few weeks back, the preacher talked about a young man he knew who loved to run cross country. This young man was so committed to it that he made sure he was healthy and ready to run all the time, not just the time coming up to a race. He...
A Bit on Church
Sometimes we forget that going to church isn't just about us needing church, it's also about church needing us. Each and every member of a church needs all the other members of that church, just like all your body parts need all your other body parts (Romans 12:4-13;...
New Notebook, New Notes
If you've been reading my blog for a while, you know I share my notes from time to time. I take notes during sermons and lessons at church, and sometimes I'll write something down outside of church if I hear someone say something profound. I'll write on anything I've...
Our Perspective and the Bible
In my church we are often reminded that we need to be careful about overlaying our perspective onto our understanding of the Bible as we read and study it. We are also reminded that sometimes we don't even know that we're doing it. The other day a friend and I were...