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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...

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...

Participation in God’s Overarching Design

I was talking to a friend about Christians going out and telling people about Jesus. We're supposed to do this, on purpose and all the time. We're not supposed to be obnoxious about it, but we are supposed to go tell people about Jesus. Then that's it, the rest is...

Speaking the Language

When you talk to people about Jesus, it goes much better if you do it in a language with which they are familiar. I don't just mean the language they were born into, I also mean their culture, and I mean the way each person processes information and how they think...