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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...

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...

Text, Expression, and Tone

(I see I've gotten behind on blogs. I'll be catching up this week.) I was talking with my dad the other day about how sometimes we don't think of the tone in which things were said in the Bible, or the facial expressions and body language along with it. We're so used...

Sowing and Reaping

Much like planting plants, life can behave a lot like a garden. Whatever you plant, that's what's going to grow, and it's going to grow up later. Whatever you do now is going to be what comes back around, and later. Whether you planted something good that you wanted,...