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I Pledge Allegiance

I looked up the words “pledge” and “allegiance” in the American Dictionary of the English Language – Noah Webster 1828. A pledge is something given to be held until payment is ready. Allegiance is the duty of fidelity to a king or...

Video Game Lessons

While there are plenty of bad video games out there and plenty of bad lessons to learn from them, there are also some good video games with good lessons to learn. Here are a few of my observations. You don’t always know every character’s backstory. You...

Rendering What Is Due

Yesterday morning the associate pastor at my church preached from Mark 12:13-17. Take a moment to read it, and then I’ll tell you one of the things I took home from it. Jesus was asked a question mean to trip Him up. But Jesus is never tripped up. He responded...

Family Resemblance

When we get saved, we become the children of God. God adopts us (John 1:12; Ephesians 1:5; 1 John 3:1). When you look at people’s children, they have a tendency to resemble their parents, whether in appearance or behavior. That’s how we should be as the...

Cultural Influences

Last week I was at church camp for the first time. I didn’t necessarily learn anything new, but I did still learn a LOT. I wrote notes, and I wrote notes on my notes. I’ve gone over and am ready to share some of what I’ve learned. If you aren’t...

The Time to Make a Choice

God is very patient and merciful. He gives everyone plenty of opportunity to repent and believe in Him so that they don’t die in their sins, so that they don’t end up being eternally separated from Him. But God must also judge and punish sin, so there...