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Glory, Irony, and a Crying Savior

I'm late to write this blog, but this time it feels like more of a good thing than usual because I have some things to share from the sermon tonight that I might not have shared this soon otherwise. We were in Mark 15:15-32. The crucifixion of Christ has some glorious...

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...

Uncomfortable Questions and Discussions

Sometimes you're going to come across some uncomfortable questions and discussions, whether someone brings them up to you or whether you brought them up. It's important not to always brush these things aside, because if you can't answer a question or have a helpful...

Laborers for the Harvest

The last post didn't have room for what I wanted to share from second missionary on Sunday evening, so here it is. He spoke from Matthew 9:35-10:16 about laborers for the harvest. The missionary pointed out that when Jesus said in Matthew 9:38 to "pray" the Lord of...

Tips on Running the Race

We're kicking off Missions Conference at church this week, and we've already had missionaries speak. Yesterday morning the first missionary taught from Hebrews 12:1-3 about running the race. The missionary reminded us that this race is not a sprint, it's a marathon....

Working Together for Good

Not everything negative that happens to us is because of Satan. God very often uses uncomfortable and negative circumstances in our lives to point us where we need to be. For example, when the early church was started (see the book of Acts), it was mostly hanging...

Jews, Gentiles, and Church Ministry

Last night at church we had a Jewish pastor speak. He said some things that I didn't know needed to be said about church ministry to Jewish people, so I'm going to write about it. I'll start with this: Romans 1:16 says the Gospel is for both the Jew and the Gentile...

Reading the Bible Properly

How to approach the Bible properly for reading and studying has come to my mind again lately. Sometimes what we'll do is come to the Bible with a preconceived notion or belief, then find parts of the Bible that support that idea. Sometimes we teach that way, too, but...