“Mommy, I threw up,” said the little girl from the bathroom. Sally heard her daughter from the kitchen. It was getting close to the time her siblings and their budding families were scheduled to arrive so she hadn’t been paying much attention to her daughter’s snacking. Pressure was mounting. “I told you not to eat […]
Arguably, the most practical use of science is its establishment of predictability. How awful would life be if every day the laws of physics changed? Thanks be to the Lord, “[The Son of God] upholds all things by the word of His power” (Hebrews 1:3b). The more we discover about science, even for ourselves, the surer we
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Every year, my congregation and I celebrate our Lord’s birth with a special Christmas message. Over the years, it has varied quite a bit. Thinking back, I can remember messages that were focused on the supreme nature of the One who became a man to die for our sins. I also remember deeply heartfelt messages
I struggle with anger sometimes. I’m a pastor. I ought to know better. But a man’s heart is a man’s heart, right? I cannot suppose I am able to control it, modify it, or play pretend with it. Only God can change it, and He has. And yet, here I am, struggling… Struggling with what,
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“It’s the little things, huh?” This is typically an invitation to share how, as we mature, it is often the things most commonly overlooked that we learn to appreciate. In doing so, if we’re grace-oriented, we attribute their very existence to the holy, loving, merciful Lord. This exercise is most welcome when we feel wrought
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Before I even begin making my point here, I have to give you a little background on the Greek language. In particular, the present tense as it pertains to verbs. In brief, when we encounter the present tense, we ought to think about something done habitually. Colloquially, we might call this “real-time, all the time.”
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Life is good. I don’t really want to spend my time here writing some deep theological treatise on why this is absolutely true, but I will take a brief stab at it to sway you from thinking I’m only waxing poetic sans Biblical proof. Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming
“So, what do you want to be when you grow up?” Did you ever get sick of being asked that question as a youngster? I did. As an adult, in retrospect, I see it as a loaded question. What I mean is that the implications are twofold. First, at what age is it appropriate to stop asking
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Politics make people crazy. Instead of respecting one another’s opinions, people take things personally, as if a different opinion is a direct attack against one’s character. Why are people so darn sensitive all the time? Whatever happened to respecting the fact that people have different opinions? It’s one of the things that supposedly (by design,
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We have all heard the phrase “Heaven on Earth” used to described immense pleasure, often associated with emotions such as peace and joy. What is it, really, though, according to the Bible??? If we hold fast to the tenets of peace and joy being the transcendent qualities, we are left with a discussion focused on