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A Bit on Biblical Context and My Opinions and Choices

Each verse in the Bible has a greater context around it. Each chapter in the Bible has a greater context around it. Each book in the Bible has a greater context around it. If you don't take the whole context into context, you're very likely to miss important truths...
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Alabaster and Spikenard

In Mark 14:3-9, we see a woman displaying an act of full and pure devotion for Jesus. I'm quite familiar with this account, but recently in church I learned more details about why this was such a big deal. I did a little Internet searching on my own and learned a few...
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Advice from Pastors

I've gone through some older notes I've kept from sermons years ago. I've chosen a few phrases for some helpful advice. You're not special, you're unique. Unity in church comes when we stop thinking of ourselves as special and start thinking of ourselves as being...
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Reforming Perfectionist

I've been dealing with personal perfectionism for a long time, probably since I was a baby, given the story my parents have about me learning to walk: I took forever to stop holding furniture, but when I did I almost never fell. I suspect I practiced when no one was...

Bringing Forward, Leaving Behind

A new year is just about here. There are things we'll be taking with us into the next one, and some things we'll be leaving behind in the old one. Taking inventory of your life and what's in it is a good thing to do. There are things in everyone's life that should...

A Little Light

Many of us have just celebrated the birth of Jesus, the Light of the World (John 1:1-5). But not everyone always feels and sees that Light. Sometimes this time of year only highlights the darkness people have been feeling, casting long shadows over their hearts and...

I Wonder As I Wander

I've been thinking of the song called "I Wonder As I Wander". It points out the wonder of Jesus coming to earth as a baby. I've especially been thinking about the first and third verses. Jesus, the Savior, came here to die for us. That's how He saved us. Innocent,...

Thinking About Christmas

Even though decorations and sales have been everywhere since October, I still feel like Christmas snuck up on me this year. Or at least the commercial part of it did. I have been thoroughly enjoying the true meaning for a while now, and Jesus' birth still fills me...

Christ’s Birth and Joseph

Sometimes I wonder what Joseph felt like when he found out Mary was pregnant with Jesus. The Bible lets us know that at first he was going to break things off with her, but didn't want to make a big deal over it (Matthew 1:19). Maybe he thought Mary had been...