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In my last post, I mentioned food in two senses. The first, alluding to the fact that my family and I are on a slightly moderated food plan (we are). The second, is that the Word of God, the Bible, provides us our spiritual food. And a good diet requires balance, the entire Bible, not […]

I will offer a teaser for something that might be more discussed in the future: One of the most important, but quiet, parts of our lives can be what we eat. In the case of my family, we have recently changed what we eat. More on that later. For the time, when thinking on food, […]

I was reading in the book of Hebrews this week, and was reminded, again, of the justice and grace of God. In Hebrews 2:3, it says, “How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation.” Indeed, how can we escape? The salvation has been provided. It is in Christ. His blood, on our […]

From the archives: part of a series of posts Pastor Brett wrote several years ago, now republished here. -the webmaster Sometimes as believers, we do not realize the full blessings that we have. One of the chief blessings is the presence of God Himself in our lives. The Holy Spirit indwells all believers, and can […]

From the archives: part of a series of posts Pastor Brett wrote several years ago, now republished here. -the webmaster There are two kinds of things we do not know about God. Those things that we do not know about God, which we can learn, and those facts about our Lord that we do not […]

From the archives: part of a series of posts Pastor Brett wrote several years ago, now republished here. -the webmaster It was one of the most beautiful and remarkable buildings I had ever seen. I am referring to a building in the town in central Iowa where we used to live. It was the former […]

From the archives: part of a series of posts Pastor Brett wrote several years ago, now republished here. -the webmaster The book of Ruth can speak to us, as believers, in many different circumstances. But a primary source of encouragement comes through the examples in the book of how to endure and remain faithful to […]

We’ve talked some about persecution, both on this blog and in recent sermons at church. I was thinking about that subject, and turned in my Bible to Matthew 19:27-30. There, Peter asks Jesus, essentially, what the disciples will receive, since they gave up everything to follow Him. In verse 29, Jesus says any who left […]

In early June, I had intended to write a follow-up post to my first thoughts on the Josh Duggar scandal. Time has passed, and, regrettably, his name came up in the news once more. I will say, as a disclaimer, that no person can know the true condition of his heart. It is possible that […]