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Choosing Between Good Things

I have things to plan and work for regarding the future, and to do so I must figure out what things to give up in the present, if only temporarily. I don't want to give things up. I feel like I shouldn't give up some of them. But I do need to at least consider doing...

Summarized Bible References to Get You Curious

Robust 80-year-old man claims mountain inheritance promised to him 40 years before. (Joshua 14:6-15) Two men get too big for their respective britches. One flees from the other in battle, the other dies after a very strong woman tosses a millstone on his head. (Judges...

Just Wondering

I have things about the Bible that I wonder sometimes. They're not doctrinally important so the Bible doesn't give answers, so I just wonder for fun. If you're curious, here are a few. In the book of Ruth, was Ruth's and Boaz's relationship as romantic as my 21st...

Working Together for Good

Not everything negative that happens to us is because of Satan. God very often uses uncomfortable and negative circumstances in our lives to point us where we need to be. For example, when the early church was started (see the book of Acts), it was mostly hanging...

Jews, Gentiles, and Church Ministry

Last night at church we had a Jewish pastor speak. He said some things that I didn't know needed to be said about church ministry to Jewish people, so I'm going to write about it. I'll start with this: Romans 1:16 says the Gospel is for both the Jew and the Gentile...

Reading the Bible Properly

How to approach the Bible properly for reading and studying has come to my mind again lately. Sometimes what we'll do is come to the Bible with a preconceived notion or belief, then find parts of the Bible that support that idea. Sometimes we teach that way, too, but...

No One Like God

In Isaiah 46 God is making a comparison between Himself and the idols of the people around His chosen people, which had become idols that His chosen people adopted as their own gods. God points out that those idols must be carried around by people, but when it comes...

More Interesting Word Pairings

I've shared like this before in Interesting Word Pairings, and I have a few more. Joyful Seriousness Serious Joyfulness Amazing Grace Mercy-Struck Boundless Love Terrible Goodness Humbly Bold Boldly Humble

Notes on Church

First, I'd like to define what a church is: a local assembly of believers in Jesus Christ. For a little bit about why a local assembly and it's regular assemblage is important, see A Few Things on Church. Now for the rest of what I want to say about church, from the...