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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...

You Are a Missionary

When Jesus gave the Great Commission to tell everyone in the world about His life, death, and resurrection to save humanity from our sin (Acts 1:7-8), it was given to all His followers. If you are a born again believer in Jesus, then you have been charged with this...

Serving and Being Served

I'm used to being the one serving others, someone who does things for people when they need help or just because I want to show that I care. I'm so used to it that sometimes I have a hard time letting other people serve me. It feels wrong somehow, even though there's...

Turning the Other Cheek

Yesterday morning the sermon was on submitting to authority and government, even when they probably don't deserve it (1 Peter 2:13-17). While you certainly should not do something that God says is wrong just because the government asks you to (take a look at the...

Metaphorical Dot Connecting

When I was little, my parents taught me how connect-the-dots worked in my coloring book. Even with help, it did take me a while to get the hang of it and connect the dots with smooth lines. While at first I had very little ability to see what something was supposed to...

The Infinite Nature of God

I would love to explain God to you. But that is completely out of my ability in every way possible. You and I are finite beings, but God is infinite. This means that there's only so much you and I can understand and retain about Him. God has revealed Himself to us in...

Jonah’s Bitterness

When we read the book of Jonah in the Bible, we find a prophet who didn't want to prophesy to some people he hated, because he knew God would be merciful to them if they repented. By the end we find Jonah getting very bitter about the result of his prophesying, and...