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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...

Open Discussion

A lot of people are not allowed to openly discuss their thoughts, feelings, opinions, concerns, questions, doubts, and convictions. I have been very fortunate to have grown up in a place and in a family that didn't make me feel like I couldn't have questions and...

A Look at Christian Language

We Christians often use phrases and terms in church and with each other that make little to no sense outside of our circle: born again; washed in the blood; cleansed by the Lamb; death is like sleeping; the dead shall rise again. When you have no context for those...

Life Climbing

I went indoor rock climbing with a few friends over the weekend, and while there I heard a kid say something to her friend as they climbed: "Sometimes you have to go lower to go higher." And then I thought about how that's not just true for rock climbing, that's true...

More Practice

This last Sunday evening some friends, my brother, and I were playing Spikeball at a church fellowship. We weren't very good at it. We figured out the net was a little loose, then after we fixed it we found we couldn't blame the net anymore! But after a lot more tries...

Building a Reputation

Building a reputation can be compared to building a tower. You need a good foundation, it happens one little bit at a time, and sometimes you don't see how much progress you've made until you step back or someone tells you about it. Once you've put enough consistent...

The Best Food Ever!

Let's say I have found the best dish of food any human will ever know. It is objectively the best tasting meal one will ever eat, and it's perfectly and completely nutritious at the same time! On top of that, it's free! Anyone can have it, you just need to go get it!...