“Be Yourself”

Maybe it’s me, but I always feel a bit uneasy when I hear people tell someone to “just be yourself.” Of course, context always colors the statement. “Therefore, if anyone…

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After this…

When we meet Job in the first chapter of his eponymous book, we encounter a man described as a good and God-fearing man who stayed away from evil. Before the…

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Overruled

We all love Abraham. He’s called the father of faith. He’s firmly positioned in the Hebrews 11 Hall of Faith. God made a covenant with Abraham to make him the…

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It’s Yours

Musing about everyone’s favorite shepherd boy today. David was the youngest of eight. Though he took care of his father’s sheep and was the forgotten one in the family. One…

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Different

“It’s easy to be religious when religion is in fashion: but it is an evidence of strong faith and resolution to swin against the stream to heaven, and to appear…

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The 12th Hour

If you live long enough, you’ll experience some 12th-hour moments. These are those moments where all hope is gone; where you believe there is no possibility of change in your…

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Say What?

Has someone pledged their undying love, loyalty, or friendship to you and bailed out on you at the first sign of trouble? Jesus’ twelve on my mind today! In Mark…

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What’s the point?

Life is short; time is precious. Some of us wish there were more than twenty four hours in a day but we know that will not happen! So we must…

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“I don’t care”

I always feel funny when I hear Christians say things like “I don’t care what they think” or act like it. Even God cares about what people think of Him…

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Double Cure

I love Methodist Hymns, those Spirit-filled words can get you through any situation in life. I was musing over the hymn Rock of Ages and one line in the first…

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