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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...

Unbound by Culture and Language

I'm sure you already know, but it's always nice to be reminded: God's love is not bound to any single culture or language. There is no language or culture barrier in the way of God's love. The Gospel is for everyone of every time and place! Sometimes we forget this,...

God’s Will

A lot of people say, "I want to know God's will," but we don't always really want to know. We're afraid we won't like it or that we won't be able to do it. But God's will is always the best thing, so we can like it. And God will never call us to do something that He...

Snaking Sin

Sin in your life is like a snake in your backyard: it might not be bothering you right now, but it is dangerous and will eventually bite you - maybe even someone you love. You might think you have it tamed, but this kind of snake will bite the hand that feeds it. Pet...

What About the Year?

This year has been an interesting ride. But what about this year? Good things and bad things have happened. Through it all God has been there with us. He has worked and is working goodness out of it all. What about next year? Many are looking forward to next year...

Representing God

I was thinking the other day about when people are told to leave God at the door or to keep their belief in God on the down low. That's not how belief in God is supposed to work. Don't be obnoxious about it of course, but don't hide or downplay God and His work in...

First and Second Coming

Around Christmas we focus on Jesus' first coming, when He came as a baby. He came to live the perfect life that we couldn't live so that He could offer Himself in our place to pay for our sins, and then to rise again to go back to Heaven. Then one day Jesus is going...