Category Archives: Christian Thoughts

You Never Know

Recently, I had the following exchange on Facebook with a young lady: I commented on something she posted: “What you’ve done with your life in the last 30 years or so is a blessing to those who know you.” She … Continue reading

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Christmas

At this time of year it seems like everywhere you turn you see Christmas decorations of one kind or another. Most of them feature a fat guy with a white beard in a red suit or maybe a herd of … Continue reading

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Missionaries

I have a tremendous amount of respect for people who devote their lives to full time pursuit of God’s work. In particular, I have great respect for those who give up their familiar surroundings and comfortable lives to follow God’s … Continue reading

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Family

You know how, if you haven’t seen family members in a long time, you get a yearning to see and visit with them? I know not everyone is fortunate enough to have a loving family that elicits that type of … Continue reading

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Galatians 5

In the fifth chapter of Galatians, Paul deals with the problem of legalism in the church there. A lot of the recently converted Jews were telling the Galatians that they still had to live under the law, most specifically that … Continue reading

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Family

Sunday was both Father’s Day and my 22nd anniversary. Both of these events got me to thinking about family. I believe one of God’s greatest blessings is the families we are born into or acquire. Speaking of acquired family, I … Continue reading

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Receiving Love

Four or five years ago, I was sitting at Kristen Lamb’s kitchen table trying to come up with a name for this blog site. Along the way, she suggested calling it Where the Heart Is. Since then, I’ve had two … Continue reading

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A Gift from God

When we think of gifts from God, we tend to think in terms of money or houses or cars or other such “things.” Sometimes we get beyond these things and think about the gift of health. Today, I want to … Continue reading

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Thanking God for Atrial Fibrillation

For years now I’ve been preaching that we should thank God for flat tires. We all find it easy to thank Him for what we consider blessings, but we should thank Him for ALL things—whether we see and understand them … Continue reading

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Are We Under the Law?

In my Sunday School class the other day, the question arose, under the New Covenant, are we still governed by the law? A lively discussion ensued. Someone quoted Jesus, who said in Matthew 5:17: Think not that I came to … Continue reading

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