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perspective
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Thursday
Discipleship Before Conversion: A Testimony
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Back in the 20th century, I managed a business for a friend. This was my “tentmaking” job while we were planting a church. Barry was a...
What Makes You Married?
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Here’s an awkward question: what constitutes a marriage? The Bible has lots of wisdom about how to make your marriage good, and a fair bit...
More Thoughts on Job and His Sorry Friends
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The more time I spend with Job, the more I’m impressed, both with the man and with the lessons that his book teaches me. He started ou...
Literal or Metaphor
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I’ve found myself coming back over and over to Jesus’ conversation with Nick at night in John 3. I have realized something new about Nick’s ...
The Great Cloud of Witnesses: An Exercise
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Here’s an interesting spiritual exercise if you’re interested. Hebrews 12 begins with this image: “Therefore, since we are surrounded ...
Thoughts on Being Pruned
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Jesus said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that ...
Not Calling Out Sin
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I do not hold to the common Christian religious opinion that says if I see a sin somewhere, then I am somehow obligated to point it out or...
Don't Look At The Waves
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Matthew 14 tells this story. As soon as the meal was finished, [Jesus] insisted that the disciples get in the boat and go on ahead to ...
Saturday
Testimony: The Covid “Vaccine”
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A Little background: • The Covid 19 virus is a real virus. People are dying from it. • But the virus is being blown way the heck out of pr...
Friday
Sometimes we fire blanks.
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Sometimes we fire blanks. Oh, we don't mean to. We think we are firing powerful weapons of war, kicking ass and taking names. ...
Thursday
Watch Out for the Yeast!
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“Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast [the influence] of the Pharisees and that of Herod.” The religious spirit an...
A Closer Look at Clearing the Temple
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Jesus cleaned out the temple twice, once at the beginning of his ministry, and once at the end. A lot of folks read the story about Jesus ...
Transformed Thinking about Scripture
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It's hard, isn't it, to let the Scriptures stand on their own, particularly when they're passages that are a little uncomfortabl...
Grey Haired Rockers?
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There were some remarkably talented musicians in the heyday of rock & roll, back in the 70’s and such. Have you ever noticed that ...
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Friday
Do Not Think That I Came to Destroy the Law or the Prophets
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I’ve run into several people recently who quote Matthew 5:17, and use that to say that the OT Law is still valid. “Do not think that I came...
Thursday
#Unfiltered
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“Unfiltered” is sort of a thing right now. Folks talk on Instagram or Facebook about posts and pictures that are #Unfiltered: they’r...
If God is Love, Then....
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Here’s an interesting exercise. Scripture is clear: God is love ( cf 1John 48&16). Not just friendship love, not just sexual love,...
Walking in The Woods: The Meaning of Life
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One day I was walking in the woods, talking with God. Well, it was mostly me talking, but we were together, and it was a good day. I s...
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