Options to Live By

Consider a few reasonable and honest questions. What if the Bible is not the authoritative Word of God that it claims to be? What if it is simply a book of myths and legends, or a composite of history and fiction? What if the Bible, though filled with inspirational messages, lacks the divine element?

If this is true, then the Bible has no legitimate jurisdiction over anyone, and no right to govern our …

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Words Inspire

You know how much I love Bible quotes, but I’m also inspired by other great quotes. For about ten years I had this one framed over my desk:

“I will prepare and some day my chance will come.” Abraham Lincoln This quote motivated me to study my Bible because I wanted to be a Bible teacher of the caliber of Kay Arthur, one of my earthly heroes. You cannot become something …

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Let Your Mind Be Transformed

“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will” Romans 12:2.

Transformed thinking comes from renewing your mind with Scripture. Continually letting God’s Word replace worldly perceptions with His unchanging truth, will transform your mind to be more like His.

As God renews …

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Jellyfish Can't Swim

Sometimes the best lessons come from children’s books because simple truths are often the most profound. This blog post comes from:

Jellyfish Can’t Swim & Other Secrets from the Animal World. Marjorie Hodgson Parker, Chariot Books, 1991.

Did you know that a jellyfish can’t swim? It just floats along in the sea, catching food in the long thread-like “legs” that trail behind it. Since it can only float, the jellyfish has to …

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Martha? or Mary? You Choose

“As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the …

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