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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...

Suffering Like a Potato

In the sermon yesterday morning we learned about suffering and the will of God. The main Bible references were in 1 Peter 3. Because God is good and knows everything, He can allow suffering and still make it work out for something better. Because God allows humans to...

Playing Pretend

I loved pretending as a child. I love pretending as an adult. Pretending in itself is not bad, but how and why you pretend is what makes it good or bad. God gave us the ability to be creative. God Himself is creative, and gave us that ability to deepen the way He and...

Life Litmus Tests

I was looking through some old notes again, and found a couple things that made me think about my own life. Am I living the way I should? Is my life showing that I have fellowship with and love for God? There are ways I can tell, "litmus tests" for life, if you will....

God’s Words, Not Yours

I was perusing my notes when I found some notes from a Missions Conference in 2017: "You are not qualified to call people sinners. You  can't presume to tell people God loves them. But you do have a warrant to report what God says." These are God's words, not yours!...

Uncomfortable But Important

A while back I was listening to one of my favorite composers, Adrian von Ziegler, talk about some things. He got on the topic of feelings that are difficult to talk about, and how we don't always want to talk about things when we should. He stated, "If they weren't...

Resurrection Already Planned

God is omnipresent, which means not only is He everywhere at once, He is every-time at once. Before God even created humans, or even anything at all, He knew what was going to happen. Which means He also knew how to fix it. Jesus coming as a baby, living the perfect...