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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...

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...