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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...

God Is Able. Are You Willing?

During the sermon yesterday that thought popped up while I was listening. God is able to do anything, yet am I willing to do it with Him? God can do whatever He wants, so if He calls me to something He will give me everything I need and help me to do it, so why is it...

Red Sea Stress

In my Bible reading today I was on the part when the Israelites cross the Red Sea (Exodus 14). I got a sense of how stressful that must have been in the moment. God purposefully put the Israelites thereat the Red Sea (Exodus 14:1-2) and told Moses that Pharaoh was...

All-Knowing and All-Loving

Another piece of conversation I had with my dad a little while back while talking about Judas betraying Jesus, was about knowing and loving. I don't actually know when Jesus knew Judas would betray Him. Did He know before He even called Judas? Did God let Jesus know...

Notes Once More

Once again I was looking through some notes and thought I'd share. God is only angry when it would be wrong not to be. God is secure. You can question, doubt, yell, shake your fist at Him, but if you'll listen to His response, God will settle everything for you....

Perfect Parents

There comes a point in every person's life when they realize their parents are not perfect. I don't remember when that point was for me, so I think it was just a gradual, natural realization. But even though my parents aren't perfect, I think they did a very good job....

The Honesty of the Bible

The Bible is full of plenty of examples. We like to talk about the good examples, but we need to talk about the bad ones, too. Some of the people in the Bible most praised for their faith made some of the worst choices. Abraham believed God's promise to him about...