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Fungus Among Us
If you're familiar with fungi, you'll know that often by the time you can see a fungus, it's already been there growing a while. I'll be using mushrooms and mold as an example here. The part of a mushroom that we see and call the mushroom is actually only the fruiting...
God, Volition, and Natures
We humans have a sinful nature. It's not just what we do, it's who we are, and we can't do anything about it ourselves. Sometimes to cope with our inability to do anything about it, we attempt to deny our sinful human nature. But God Himself doesn't deny our nature,...
A Bit on Suffering
No one likes to suffer. Sometimes we suffer the consequences of our bad choices. Sometimes we suffer the consequences of someone else's bad choices. Sometimes suffering is good for us and we learn something we would have otherwise missed. But no matter which way you...
Man as God
When a person declares that they are God or a god, we know they're crazy. We know we humans are not God and we cannot be. But at the same time, mankind is more and more looking to himself for answers, solutions, and morality. We are looking more and more to ourselves...
Get in the Boat
In Matthew 8:23-27, Jesus purposefully invited His disciples into a boat to get into a storm, and He went to sleep in the back of the boat! Now some of the disciples were fishermen, so they likely knew what it was like to be out on the water when it got stormy. But...
I Can’t, God Can
I've written about this before, but there's always more to say. Yesterday I was thinking and this came to mind: One of God's children looks at an insurmountable situation, then looks up at God and helplessly says, "I can't do it." So God looks at them and lovingly...