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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...

A Book and Its Cover

They say not to judge a book by its cover, and while I know what that means, sometimes the whole reason the cover looks the way it does is so you can judge the book by it. At the same time, while the cover might tell you about something that's in the book, it doesn't...

Ground Control

I found a note I made in my phone during either a sermon or a devotional on the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1-23; Mark 4:1-20; Luke 8:4-15), and I thought I'd share. Satan would have us believe there is no good ground in places and people. "This person or these...

Skate Lessons

Several years ago I used to take roller skating lessons. I learned a few things that apply a little bit to life. You're going to fall. Even professionals who have done this for years fall sometimes, but that doesn't mean you don't get back up and keep going. It hurts...

Just Say It

Communication is important. Communication means to share with others, both you and them, telling and listening, back and forth, both ways. But people aren't mind readers. I don't know what you're thinking if you don't tell me, and you don't know what I'm thinking if I...

How Did Joseph Feel in Egypt?

Sometimes I find myself wondering how people in the Bible felt as they were going through all I read about. Sometimes the Bible mentions or implies, but we don't always get the gritty details. Like when Joseph was sold by his brothers, taken to Egypt as a slave, and...

Valuables and Junk

My family has been packing up all our stuff in the house to move. It really puts into perspective how much your earthly possessions really mean to you, or how much they don't mean. I realized just how many of my things I don't use and therefore don't need, so I...