Ezekiel 4—7 begins the in-earnest doom-and-gloom chapters of Ezekiel's oracles against Israel and Judah. Our morning Bible study read through these verses, and I'll tell you, they are rough going. There are certainly conversations to be had about the violence, famine, cannibalism, and warfare all
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Do you know what a Vulnerability Hangover is? I definitely had one this past Sunday after my sermon. I talked about some of the emotional and attachment-based damage that I had in my early childhood. Nearly thirty years later, I'm finally working through that with my therapist, and
Q&R: Is there more to Christianity than striving for perfection and trying to avoid sin? If so, what?
Response: Yes, there's more! In fact, striving for perfection is not even a component of Christianity. If you are trying to be perfect, please stop. You're making yourself miserable, and there's a decent chance you're making those around you miserable as well.
Imagine living in the year 4000 CE, and you come across the 2,000-year-old speeches and quotes of climate activist Greta Thunberg. And let's say you also happen to know that by 2050 CE, the earth's coastal cities were destroyed by flooding caused by climate change.
Genesis 3 goes by lots of names: The Fall, The Curse, the starting place of Original Sin, the Loss of Innocence. It's a story you may know about a talking snake, a forbidden fruit, and a woman who eats that fruit. God finds out, takes the legs off
I'm a bit of a productivity junky. I get small thrills from: * trying new to-do apps * buying a planner and notebook that will finally help me accomplish everything I want to accomplish * arranging all my tasks as entries on my calendar * reading about or hearing a podcast about
Thoughts on Ezekiel 2 and 3 In Ezekiel 2—3, while Ezekiel is entranced in a vision of God’s glory, he is commissioned to go to his people and speak the words of God. He is to literally ingest God’s words (he eats a scroll!), have them become
Main Idea: Knowing that you are liked is discipleship. Text: Matthew 11:28-30 Intro: My personal experience Over the past couple of years, I've been grappling with the fact that, deep down, I feel unlovable. Specifically, I'm dealing with the fact that my early childhood was
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