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Why Do You Believe What You Believe?

Take a look at the things you believe, the things you are fully persuaded are true. Whether these things are religious, scientific, or otherwise, why do you think and feel that they are true and real? Do you really believe them, or are they just comfortable to you?...

Just Right Is Not Necessary

Yesterday morning in church a specific line stuck out to me: The Holy Spirit doesn't need everything to be just right in your life for Him to do His work through you. We were talking about Paul the apostle and how he had a prison ministry, but from inside as a...

All of a Sudden

Backsliding (which is usually Christian-speak for sliding back into the bad parts of who you were before God saved you) isn't something that happens all at once. It usually happens little by little, like slowly raising the temperature of water or slowly getting used...

A Few More Notes to Share

I've said quite a few times on this blog how I have paper with me for the specific purpose of writing things down that I hear if they sound important. I have a few more to share. The human heart never changes; people are people, regardless of the era and technology....

Singleness and Marriage

Often we hear of singleness and marriage as if one is better than the other. If you ask many different people you will get different answers on which is better. But what if neither is technically better or worse? Yes, one is technically better for each person...

The Attitude of Habakkuk

I was reading the book of Habakkuk and noticed how it was written. It is very much a prayer, a conversation between God and Habakkuk. And it is a good one! Habakkuk asks God questions and God answers them. Habakkuk lived at a time where God's people were sinning so...

Profound and Obvious – Part 3

Parts one and two: Profound and Obvious; Profound and Obvious - Part 2 There is a God. You are not Him. You can't expect God to do any more than what you are willing to let Him do through you! "But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to...

Fruit and Growth

In a recent conversations with a friend, I have found another gardening metaphor for life. For the other ones, see Real Life Gardening. Sometimes we go through hard times in life where we don't really see much productivity. We don't see the fruit of our labors. But...

Check Your Sources

We all have access to the same information. We can all see what's going on around us. We can all see creation. We can all see humanity. We can all observe and study everything and anything we see. We can all talk to each other about what we're observing and studying....