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7So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and outContinue reading “The door”

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire And like launderers’ soap. Malachi 3:2 In the presence of the Holy God, I am in need of the redeemer. My righteousness is a filthy rag and scores a zero, but praiseContinue reading “Normal isn’t coming back; Jesus is.”

When you come to Christ you’re changing little by little into his likeness. It’s like peeling off the layers of an onion. The old man comes off so that the new man can emerge. Sometimes we have to be delivered from our ties of our old life. Sometimes deliverance is easy and sometimes it’s not.Continue reading “Peeling off the layers”

The idea for this post came from my younger son Joshua who always quotes John 3:16 and 17 together. Sure verse 16 is a good verse, but if you stop with that verse you missed the whole point! 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in orderContinue reading “Stop Quoting John 3:16”

I don’t want to give God the leftover time in my day. He deserves more than leftovers. He sustains me and has carried me through tough times. He deserves a central part of my life. I don’t want to give him only a few minutes before I go to bed. I want to stay connectedContinue reading “Giving God Leftovers”

I’m sorry but a “sign” from your departed relative is not a message from them. Nor is a butterfly or the smell of their perfume. It is witchcraft and necromancy if you attribute these signs to communication from your dead relative. Your dead relative can speak to you before they depart, but after perish theyContinue reading “Did you get a sign from your departed relative”

I’m not God, but if I were I probably wouldn’t. If I were going to come, I would need everyone to know about it in advance and I would expect people treat me with respect due to the Creator. My natural self doesn’t even comprehend the kind of humility the real God has. Yet HeContinue reading “Is God going to visit us earthlings?”

Suffering for Christ? That’s good! Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:10 We know that the persecution is temporary, but our response is eternal. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Romans 12:14 Persecution is a normal part of theContinue reading “Persecution”

We worship our work, work at our play, and play at our worship. Gordon Dahl Work is the new idol. Work is good and idleness is bad, but we can make our job an idol. When work becomes our idol everyone around us knows it. We don’t see it ourselves because we seem to haveContinue reading “Work to live or live to work?”

Federal law protects people in the observance of their religion. Many accommodations are made for people who do have a deeply held religious belief. You may be one of them. My religion permeates my life. It occupies much of my personal time. It is deeply held. I don’t know how long vaccines have contained mRNA,Continue reading “Religious Exemptions”