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A Higher Authority

A few months ago, on a Wednesday, a storm blew down a tree in my yard and broke my cable television and internet line.

My wife called the company and they promised to be there the next day to fix it. The next day it wasn’t fixed so I called the company myself. They said they [...]

Simul Justus Et Peccator

I know just enough Latin (very little) to love the language. I’ve never been forced to take a Latin class, so that probably explains my affinity. The title of this article is taken from Martin Luther’s description of the justified sinner. R. C. Sproul wrote an excellent explanation for the phrase in his book, The [...]

Beautiful 'Buts' in the Bible

The word ‘but’ changes whatever comes right before it. A ‘but’ is not always pleasant, like when somebody says to you, “I think you have a good idea, but…” It doesn’t matter what comes after a but like that, it isn’t going to be good.

But a ‘but’ is beautiful when it changes a bad beginning [...]

Something Stinks!

For most Americans, a shower is a daily necessity. My wife and I have been married for 20 years and I know she has showered at least once, every single day we’ve been married. I don’t share her singular passion for cleanliness, so about once a month I go without a shower on a Saturday. [...]

Grace - Amazing or Mundane

O mundane grace, how dull the sound,
Useless to one like me.
I am not lost, don’t need t’be found,
I’m good, why can’t you see?

What’s grace, and why do I need it?
God knows my heart is pure.
He loves me just the way I am,
And my salvation’s sure.

Though I may [...]

Paper-thin Bible Study

Welcome to our bible study. Today we will be covering Paul’s letters; all of them. We might even throw in Hebrews if we have time.

Open your bibles to Romans 1:1 and follow along as I read, “Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, set apart for the gospel of God,” Well that’s all the time we [...]

John 3:16 - A Verb Study

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16

One of the best ways to begin to properly interpret an individual verse of scripture is to look at the action verbs. These verbs almost always [...]

Concerned With Many Things

A very long time ago, when I worked for the Kent State University Museum, I saw a piece of artwork at the Canton Museum of Art. It was called, “Concerned With Many Issues.” I wanted to find a photo of it online to share with you, but had no success finding any reference to it. [...]

Various Quotatious

Some wonderful quotations from some Godly men:

When you see that saving faith is a being satisfied in all that God is for you in Jesus, then the good fight of faith (as Paul calls it in 1 Timothy 6:12) becomes a fight for JOY! A fight for Joy in Christ, not television. [...]

Changes

I am employed in an industry that works two to three months ahead of time. I started adding 10 to the end of my numerical dates in November. Now, with three months practice, I still have trouble making the 10 instead of the 09. It’s not just because of the change of the decade* either. [...]