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Spiritual Nuggets 5/26/2023
God’s Will: It’s Confusing It’s sometimes difficult to understand why God does what He does, or why He asks us to do certain things. God goes so far as to list precise materials and calculations in Exodus 26 for the … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/25/2023
Longing For the Ideal Pastors avoid or over-interpret it. We’re often confused by it. But the Song of Solomon is in our Bible. Although we might stumble over the imagery (comparing a woman to a mare would hardly go down … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/24/2023
Speaking Up Because we convince ourselves that people won’t accept our testimony about God’s work in our lives, we’re not usually ready to share it. We might prejudge their reactions or simply lack confidence. Soon, staying silent becomes a way … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/23/2023
It’s Standing Between You and God There is nothing more frustrating than being ordered around. Few people take to a drill sergeant. Although we like to cite the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20) because they’re the norm, the rebellious part of … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/22/2023
Bread From Heaven and Water From a Rock For many years, I said that I believed God would provide for me, but I’m not sure I actually did. Somewhere inside I was still convinced that I was on my own. … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/19/2023
Student or Scholar? Sometimes we approach God with curiosity, but not with a spirit of humility. We enjoy participating in religious discussions, but forging the link between interpretation and application is difficult for us. We have certain expectations of who … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/18/2023
Why Does God Punish People? In regard to why a good God would punish people, I recently heard one homeless man wisely tell another, “You wouldn’t want to live in a world where God didn’t punish injustices and just freely … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/17/2023
What Type of Savior? It’s tempting to operate life on our own terms and only call on God when we hit a crisis. If we’re not busy studying how God has worked in the past and relying on the work … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/16/2023
Wisdom Can Quickly Become Folly What we need to hear and what we want to hear are rarely the same thing. Leaders who encourage honesty, allow for errors, and establish an environment of trust usually hear what they need to … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/15/2023
The Problem with Power Grasping for power is one of the easiest sins to fall into. At first it looks like ambition, then it looks like success, and then it quickly becomes about your success and your power. This can … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/12/2023
God’s Ideas: More Than Good It’s exciting to see ideas take shape and then become reality. Even more exciting, though, is when God’s ideas take form. The Bible shows us these events repeatedly. As the reader, we’re given glimpses into … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/11/2023
Discipline I was a stubborn child. When disciplined by my parents, I would sulk for hours afterward. I didn’t see discipline from my parents’ perspective—as something that would mold me into a mature, loving person. Hebrews 12 has a lesson … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/10/2023
Difficult Definitions As an editor, I love definitions. The field of lexicography can be complex, but when a definition is finally solidified, there’s comfort to be found. It becomes something stable. This is also the reason I love the book … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/09/2023
The New Deal “I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.” These words were spoken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a speech which unveiled a series of economic strategies for ending the Great … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/08/2023
Carpe Diem The Latin phrase Carpe Diem, means “seize the day.” Taking risks to make your life extraordinary is biblical, if done according to God’s plan and principles. The idea behind this comes from Ecclesiastes: “Cast your bread upon the … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/05/2023
Revenge Isn’t Sweet It’s easy to revel in vigilante justice, be joyful in the irony of someone getting “what’s coming to them,” or feel satisfied when “bad Karma comes back around” to others. The colloquialisms around the subject alone demonstrate … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/04/2023
A Little Folly Like dead flies in perfumer’s oil, the writer of Ecclesiastes aptly proclaims that a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. Sometimes fools are elevated to positions of power, while those who are fit for the position are … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/03/2023
Radiance When I was a boy, my dad took me to his construction site, and told me, “Don’t look directly at the welding light; it can blind you.” But a welding flame is cool and dangerous. As my father was … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/02/2023
Undue Favor Genesis 38 interrupts the climax of the Joseph narrative with another tale: Judah and Tamar. Switching protagonists is surprising enough, but the tale itself shocks us. We’re hardly given time to process the strange cultural practices of the … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 5/01/2023
Pride In Disguise Sometimes recognizing our sin for what it is can throw us into deep shame. In Matthew, we find that two of Jesus’ disciples experience this moment of remorse—Judas after he betrays Jesus, and Peter when he denies … Continue reading
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