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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...

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...

Why Me?

Sometimes when horrible things happen we ask, "Why me? Why is this happening to me?" But the other day I thought, "Well why shouldn't this have happened to me? What qualifications do I meet that would exclude me from the woes of human suffering that others must also...

Gaming Lessons

I've written a few gaming metaphors/lessons before in Video Game Lessons. I want to talk more in gaming terms and expand on them a little better. Everyone else is not an NPC in your story, they are all heroes and adventurers in their own stories, and you don't know...