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When God Saved My Soul
When God saved my soul, He didn't save me just to go on my merry way and never talk to Him again. When God saved my soul, He didn't save me so I could just keep this treasure to myself when there is more than plenty to go around. When God saved my soul, He didn't save...
Running the Race
Last night the sermon came from the beginning of Hebrews 12. Here are a few things from it I wanted to share. This race is the Christian life, doing what God has called us each to do. It isn't easy, but we're here to run so run we should! In the previous chapter (11)...
Not Exempt
Sometimes I think about why we Christians are not exempt from suffering. It's completely understandable since we're still human and still live here on this earth. Suffering is part of life here. It's completely understandable because if we didn't have hardships we...
A Bit on the Ten Commandments
I found a couple notes I've written about the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5). Not only has God revealed the Ten Commandments to us, but the Ten Commandments reveal God to us! We see something about God's personality and values in the Ten Commandments....
Legislating Righteousness
You can't. You can't legislate righteousness. You can make all the laws and rules you want that get people to do the right thing, but if no one's heart is in obeying, then it doesn't do much good, if any at all. At best you have lip-service and the appearance of...
Law and Grace
The Law, or God's rules and commands, are to point out what is right and what is wrong. It shows us that we're wrong, and that we deserve punishment for falling short of God's standard. We can't keep the Law, so the Law cannot save us. Grace, or God's forgiveness open...