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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...
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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...
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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...
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Jesus’ Identity and Missing the Point

I was at a different church yesterday. Something about Sunday School stuck out. We were in John 8 when Jesus is talking to the religious leaders about who He is, and how much they're missing the points He's making. Right after Jesus had forgiven the woman caught in...

God Inside and Outside the Box

I've written before about how God doesn't fit into a box you've made for Him (God in a Box), and about the universe being like a box (Outside the Box). Sometimes it helps to think of God being outside of the box and reaching in, but God is omnipresent so it's...

Thanks-Christmas

We've reached the time of year when sometimes I'm not sure which holiday to prepare for first, or if I should prepare for more than one at the same time. Either way, it doesn't have to be a time of year when we're all completely stressed out. For me, thankfulness and...

Little by Little

Sometimes there is a task so huge that I'm not sure I'm ever going to get it done. Sometimes that feeling keeps me from even bothering to start the task, and it goes undone for a long time. But it's like the saying goes: "How do you eat a whole elephant? One bite at a...

Stewarding

In church yesterday we talked about being a steward. When you are a steward, you handle someone else's resources on their behalf. To have this position requires you to be trustworthy, loyal, and skilled. Do we meet those qualifications when it comes to all God has...

Questions about Daniel and the Lions

We've been teaching the little kids at church about Daniel in the lions' den (Daniel 6), and lately I've been wondering about all the little details. They aren't important for me to know otherwise they'd be there. While some of the details are readily apparent, I do...