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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...

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...

Hosanna, King Jesus!

I was teaching the little kids yesterday in Sunday School about Jesus' triumphal entry, and why we call the Sunday before Easter "Palm Sunday." They had a lot of fun waving paper palm branches and shouting, "Hosanna!" Hosanna has several translated variations, all of...

Challenging Questions

I love to answer people's questions, particularly if they are existential, moral, or theological in nature. But I'm also afraid of people asking questions, because what if I don't know the answer? But I know the God who knows everything. I know the God who will...

Part of God’s Plan Concerning the End Times

The Bible tells us that before Jesus comes back, and even before the Rapture, things are going to get pretty bad for us Christians. There is a spiritual war going on, and for a while it's going to look like evil is winning. There is no stopping it, it's just going to...

Writing Notes

No matter your age or memory-recall capacity, it's good to write things down sometimes. For one, it helps you remember it better so you might not even have to consult your notes. For another, if you do forget you still have it. If you remember where you wrote it down,...