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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...

Becoming a Human

When I think about Jesus coming to earth as a baby, sometimes I wonder what it must have felt like to be so limited, so utterly restricted. The Son of God, God Himself, stripping off much of His power and limiting Himself to the confines of humanity, and an infant at...

Detailing the Heart and Mind

If you've never watched someone deep clean and detail a car inside and out, you might want to take a look. If you find someone good, they clean things you didn't know could be cleaned. They take things apart and out that I didn't know could come apart or out. Some of...

Life and Musical Instruments

Life can be like a band or an orchestra: there are a lot of different people with different things they are meant to do, they each have a different way in which they must do it, and it all interconnects in a special way. A piano is not played the same way as a...

Consider Those Around You

While we should remember to consider others year-round, it can be especially helpful to remember around the holidays. We can get a little too wrapped up in what we need to do for ourselves and our loved ones, and we forget that other people are people, too. The...

Trusting God

I found some sermon notes on trusting God from several years ago, and that got me thinking about some things. Whatever we feel about God, He is trustworthy. His position and power do not depend on anyone's vote or opinion. God is God, and that will never change. So we...

A Few Notes

I've been looking through notes again and would like to share once more. No one becomes more righteous by counting another's sins. The voice of the Lord leads us one step at a time. "Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share, and sought...