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Avoiding Punishment, or Doing the Right Thing?

Several years ago, I had made some decisions that put me in a toxic friendship, and I was making decisions that were keeping me there. This "friendship" was pulling me away from God and my family. God was telling me to stop, but I let the toxic friend talk me out of...

From Another Perspective

Sometimes I wonder why people do the things they do and why they think the things they think. I can begin to find the answer by trying to perceive the way they perceive. Sometimes simply having a different vantage point or position will help me understand another...

A Few Things on Habits

Habits are things you do regularly and sometimes automatically. You got them because you started doing them all the time - whether you built them on purpose or they just fell into place. Habits can be good or bad. While some habits - good or bad - are easy to fall...

A Divining Demon, Angry Slave Owners, and the Roman Card

I'll be talking about Acts 16:16-40 today, but go ahead and read the whole chapter for a little more context. That and you can call me out if you notice I said something wrong. Paul and Silas were on a missionary journey and stopped for a while in Philippi. One day...

How to Write Biblical Advice and Lessons

I've been trying to move away from it, but some of my blog posts are not written the right way. Starting with an idea and then looking for supporting Bible verses is the wrong way to do it, and I've been guilty of that. The idea might be good and godly, and I might...

No Skipping; You’ll Miss a Good Story

While I wouldn't call what I'm going through right now "suffering," it does remind me of something I've written before called Skipping Suffering. There are things in life that you can't and shouldn't skip, or you'll miss out on something very important. I'm at a point...

Grace and Forgiveness

Not so long ago I heard someone say that grace is forgiveness squared. Not only does it forgive, it takes the offender in, just like Jesus Christ does for us. Which brings me to something else mentioned within the same context, from a friend who remembered a story...

Important Questions

Why do you call Jesus Lord? Where will you be when you get where you're going? What season of life are you in? Do you truly know how long it will be? When you're anxious, is it because you think God won't take care of you? Are you concealing the Gospel by avoiding...

Thankful for Friends

Some of you  may have noticed that I didn't post on Friday like I said I would, and I feel really bad about that. Sometimes life just gets you busy and you completely forget. Nothing to do about it but post today. As I mentioned in the last post (Busy But Not...