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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,...