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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...

Rigged in Our Favor

God rigged a lot of things in humanity's favor from the very beginning. God set up an entire planet so perfectly balanced to support life that we don't just survive on it, we thrive. He set Earth in a great viewing spot to see a lot of other planets and stars. He set...

Written Notes

I feel again like sharing notes I've written down. If you're wondering where I get my notes, I write most of them as I listen at church. For God's will to be done, it must be known. We may only know the will of God by way of the Word of God. Just because we don't all...

Benefit and Consistent Work

A lot of the time we Christians say we want to be holy, but then we don't want to work towards it. We want all the benefits of holiness without the process or the work. It's like wanting to know how to skillfully play an instrument without sitting and practicing on...

Faith: How Much? In What?

Faith is essentially knowing that what you need is right there when you need it, knowing that what you need to work is going to work. It's not always a big thing either, just a simple knowing that something or someone is or will be there for you. But if your faith is...

Remembering Specific Sacrifices

On Memorial Day we remember and talk about warriors who have died to protect our country. We talk about their sacrifices, but sometimes we don't think about specific ones. Death is the obvious sacrifice, but these people also sacrificed their families and some of...

Losing Prejudice, Gaining Understanding

Do you ant to lose some of your prejudice (perhaps even unknown prejudice) and expand your horizons of understanding people? Travel somewhere out of your country, someplace you aren't used to. Get with your church and call up a missionary to ask if you and maybe one...