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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...

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...

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...

Mustard Seed Faith

In my Bible reading in the past few days, I've read about Jesus telling His disciples about faith. In Matthew 17:20 we see Jesus telling His disciples why they couldn't cast out a demon, saying it was because of their unbelief. Depending on how one translates the...

Affecting the Whole

Many little things in life affect much more than we think they do. Things that we consider little or disconnected are actually crucial pieces to a larger whole. In the human body there are many pieces and parts, but they're all one piece together. If something is...

God Lovingly Supplying Needs

In my Bible reading recently I was in Matthew 6, where Jesus is talking about needs, praying, and the God to pray to who supplies your needs. In verse 7 Jesus says not to pray like the heathen or the pagans do, babbling on thinking they will be heard better because...

Makes Sense Down the Road

You know how in movies, books, or other stories, sometimes certain things don't make sense until you get to the end? Sometimes God works life out like that. Sometimes the worst thing that has ever happened to you can end up the best thing. God can walk you through the...

Why Do I Go to God?

I was thinking about the reasons we talk with God and do what He says. Sometimes we get it right and sometimes we don't, but God is always willing to help us get our priorities straight. Here are a few questions we should ask ourselves from time to time: Do you seek...

Fearing God

I've thought about this before, and a recent conversation with friends sparked me to talk about it. In many Christian circles we talk about "the fear of the Lord," and "the fear of God," and explain it by saying fear means reverence. Certainly that's part of it, but...