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This one cuts deep and I tried not to see it for years. I came to faith 18 years ago, and was instantly hungry for knowledge and wisdom from a biblical source. “How Then Shall I Live” was a key question for me. I was a husband and a dad…
I find it odd that the same people who demand a separation of church and state also demand that the church function as state agents.
We had an awesome sermon this week at Valley Church! We’re working our way through the book of Acts and are up to chapter 18. Here’s the reference if you’d like to follow along: Acts 18:8-17 A few takeaways: 1. The passage begins with Crispus as the ruler of the…
My dad is in his mid 70’s and drives a school bus to supplement his retirement. He came home today with an exemption form from the school district in order to continue to work without a mask or vaccine and this exemption is supposed to be turned in within the…
I watched my single mom neighbor race down the sidewalk to meet her two boys at the school bus stop, holding her umbrella so they wouldn’t get wet after their half a block walk home. This same mom was yelling at one of them last week because she caught him…
Remember those ten plagues that came across Egypt toward the beginning of the book of Exodus, but stayed away from Goshen, where the tribes of Israel were living? If the story were from today, I wonder if the plagues would have been referred to as “variants.” Sure, God brought these…
I remember a documentary on the History Channel about the Black Death that killed a large swath of Europe, Asia and northern Africa in the mid 1300’s. The documentary explained some of what was going on, why it was happening, what effects it had on the victims, and what lasting…
My pattern of writing has been to place anything shorter into Gab and anything longer into this blog with a link to it placed in Gab. Today, I wrote a post in Gab and I will be linking to it in this blog post. The title of this post is…
First a little context: Moses and Aaron had confronted Pharaoh and God unleashed ten plagues upon Egypt, showing the might of God and the impotence of the gods of Egypt, until the Israelites were allowed to leave after 400 years of slavery. Even then, Pharaoh sought to enslave them again…
Matthew 5:11-12 ESV“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. I’m opening this post with…
