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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...

God, Volition, and Natures

We humans have a sinful nature. It's not just what we do, it's who we are, and we can't do anything about it ourselves. Sometimes to cope with our inability to do anything about it, we attempt to deny our sinful human nature. But God Himself doesn't deny our nature,...

A Bit on Suffering

No one likes to suffer. Sometimes we suffer the consequences of our bad choices. Sometimes we suffer the consequences of someone else's bad choices. Sometimes suffering is good for us and we learn something we would have otherwise missed. But no matter which way you...

Man as God

When a person declares that they are God or a god, we know they're crazy. We know we humans are not God and we cannot be. But at the same time, mankind is more and more looking to himself for answers, solutions, and morality. We are looking more and more to ourselves...

Get in the Boat

In Matthew 8:23-27, Jesus purposefully invited His disciples into a boat to get into a storm, and He went to sleep in the back of the boat! Now some of the disciples were fishermen, so they likely knew what it was like to be out on the water when it got stormy. But...

I Can’t, God Can

I've written about this before, but there's always more to say. Yesterday I was thinking and this came to mind: One of God's children looks at an insurmountable situation, then looks up at God and helplessly says, "I can't do it." So God looks at them and lovingly...

Knowing God

You must know God. Knowing about Him is not enough. You must know God. Based around some notes I took during a sermon, let's talk about that. Knowing God exists and knowing God Himself are two different things. Satan knows and believes God exists, and He's evil. You...