When can you be too good?

Can you honestly be too good?  What do I mean by “good?”  I mean “good” in accordance with God’s standards, to the extent that we can be good.  God is a never changing God, whose standards never change.  He commands that we put Him first before all else.  We cannot worship any other God.  We…
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Is your history repeating itself?

We all have a history.  What’s in yours?  I have talked to people who wish they had not always taken the narrow, less traveled path.  They feel separated from the world.  They often feel alone, unable to relate to those who have traveled the wider path, the one that leads to destruction.  I envy these people who…
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God blesses those who work hard

God blesses those who work hard.  The bible doesn’t say that you have to be a genius to be rewarded.  But we have to work hard.  Proverbs is replete with teachings about being rewarded for our diligence.  It says that the desires of the diligent will be satisfied.  In contrast, those who do not work…
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Are you all pumped up for the Super Bowl?

Yesterday, I was visiting extended family, picking up my kids who had spent Saturday night there while my wife and I went on a (semi-annual) date – we really should get out more often.  Anyway, my son was there on the floor, playing Monopoly, right in front of the television, with the football game on.  Now, if you have read any of my…
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Should we focus on the positive?

I frequently endure criticism because my focus is often on sin and its prevalence in our culture.  It can arguably be said that this is unbiblical.  We are to think about those things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report.  When we do this, when we think upon these things, maybe we don’t…
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How great is the wickedness of man?

On New Year’s Day, I wrote a post entitled “What’s your New Year’s resolution?”  In it, I encouraged readers to read the bible this year, all the way through.  I have taken my own advice.  We all know how the bible begins – the “beginning” as I describe it to my second grade Sunday school class.  In…
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Should we observe the Ten Commandments today?

God is the same yesterday, today and forever.  He is an unchanging God, and His standards do not change.  If this is the case, should we observe the Ten Commandments today?  Do they still apply?  Are they relevant?  If God is an unchanging God, then the Ten Commandments are just as applicable today as they were when…
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Will those who abide in sin be saved?

In law school, we learned about legal tests.  The parts of the tests are typically referred to as prongs.  Each prong must be satisfied to pass the test.  For example, in tort law, negligence has a four-prong test.  It requires a duty, breach, cause and harm.  All four of these prongs must be satisfied for negligence to…
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What’s your New Year’s resolution?

Do you have any New Year’s resolutions?  Why don’t you get off to a good start this year and make some resolutions that you can keep?  Why don’t your read you bible this year, all the way through?  I use “The Daily Walk Bible.”  My wife uses “The One Year Bible.”  These bibles are divided…
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Are you comfortable in your Christian skin?

A lot of Christians are very comfortable in their faith, what I refer to as their “Christian skin.”  Maybe that’s okay.  Maybe they are where God wants them to be.  And, I am not here to judge them, and hopefully they don’t feel like I am.  A lot of people who profess to be Christians…
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