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Exploring Through Stories
Sometimes by reading, watching, playing in, or writing a story, you get to explore something you otherwise wouldn't have experienced. Sometimes you wouldn't want to experience it yourself, but you still learn something from having seen and heard it. You might start...
A Bit on Pleasing and Serving God
If you are pleasing God, it doesn't matter who else you please. If you are not pleasing God, it still doesn't matter who else you please. Serving God is never part time, it is a full commitment. Since Jesus is Lord, we should act like it.
If God Is Good, Then Why Is There Evil?
This is a loaded question, and one that requires more than a single blog post to explain, but I'll give you a basic explanation. I'm going to start by saying that sometimes when people ask this question or a variation of it, they don't always want the answer or...
No Resurrection, No Point
This Easter at church, I feel like we dwelled a little more than usual on Paul's words about Christ's resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15, and I enjoyed it. Salvation isn't just about the birth and death of Jesus, it is also about His resurrection! If Christ hasn't...
Reading Someone Else’s Mail
I've heard it said and seen for myself that the Bible is written for us, not to us. Meaning while we should read it and get things out of it, we need to realize that it was written in a different culture and a different language, so that can sometimes affect how we...
Eyes on the Conductor
I've written a lot about musical life lessons before (see the list at the end of this post), but there are always more things on which to focus. Like the conductor! If you're a musician, you should be focusing on the conductor. The conductor, or the director, is the...