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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...

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,...

God’s Correction and Love

In Ezekiel chapters 8 and 9, we see that the sin of God's people is so great that God must correct and discipline them, and not spare. It has gone on long enough. And God started at His house (9:6). In Jeremiah and Lamentations, we again see God's harsher corrective...

Changing People

You can't change people. That's easy to say, but we still go around acting like we can change others. We may have the best of intentions, but if a person doesn't want to change, nothing we do will help. Others have a free will just like I do. God can change people....