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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...

Daniel’s Praying

In the book of Daniel, we see Daniel himself doing a lot of praying. It's a habit he cultivated regularly, as well as an immediate, automatic response to trouble. When one of the rulers Daniel served under had a nightmare of a vision and ordered all the wise men...

Sword Fighting

In Ephesians 6:10-18, Paul wrote about the armor of God. Included in that set of armor is a sword, and that sword is the Word of God. Some of you know I like swords and sword-fighting, even though I don't get to do much fighting. I don't know anywhere near as much...

Death and Sleep

In the sermon yesterday morning we were in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Given some beliefs at the time that death meant you ceased to exist, the Thessalonian church members wanted to know if the loved ones that had already passed on had any hope of Heaven and the rapture...

God’s Creativity – Horses

I've written a little bit about God's creativity before (God's Creativity - Fun Facts), and thought I'd talk about something specific this time, horse leg and foot anatomy. Horses are fairly muscular, powerful creatures, but those proportionately hefty bodies are...

Not Amazing at First

Sometimes I look at people who are really good at something and I think, "Wow. I may never be that good." Whether it's playing an instrument, interacting with people, recalling Bible knowledge, explaining an opinion well, or any other thing, sometimes I forget that I...

Quality Time

Whenever my family is in a car together and whoever is driving takes a wrong or different turn that makes the trip a little longer, we call it "quality family time." We kids experienced that several times when we were young, and since all of us have gotten older,...