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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...
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...