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A Bit on Biblical Context and My Opinions and Choices

Each verse in the Bible has a greater context around it. Each chapter in the Bible has a greater context around it. Each book in the Bible has a greater context around it. If you don't take the whole context into context, you're very likely to miss important truths...

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...

Disagreeing While Still Getting Along

You can disagree with someone and still get along with them. I know that's not a shock to everybody, but sometimes even we who know this can act like we don't believe it. Just because you don't like someone's opinion or lifestyle doesn't necessarily mean you have to...

What Your Belief Looks Like

Whatever you believe should be and will be apparent by how you do things in your day to day life. If you truly believe in something, it changes the way you arrange your life: what you spend your money on, what you spend your time on, how you do your daily tasks, the...

Your Redeemable Past

A lot of people probably don't really and truly feel like they have pasts that are irredeemable. They don't actually feel like they've done anything too unforgiveable. While sin is sin, most people probably don't feel like they've done too badly for themselves, or for...

A Bit on Discontentment

In church yesterday evening, I heard a couple things that really stuck out: "Discontentment is like a hole in your cup or bucket. You can keep pouring into it, but you will never have enough." "One of the subtle signs of the love of money (or possessions, or stuff) is...

Encouraging Yourself in the Lord

There are going to be times when you're going to have to remind yourself of God's presence to be encouraged, either because your friends are not there to do so or because they're discouraged themselves. This happened to David in 1 Samuel 30. David and his men had just...

God and the Complete Context of Time

I was in a conversation with my parents, brother, and a friend yesterday, and my dad mentioned the way God knows people related to time. I only know myself from my past up until now. I only know other people within the time that I've met and spent time with them. But...