Tag Archives: sin will take you farther than you want to go

Scorn

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Pete

It’s a “lesser sin to consider” that hits my radar this morning. A more “acceptable” transgression that’s giving me something to chew on. Scorn. Kind of a funny word. Not really a word that I think is used much these … Continue reading →

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Day After Day

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Pete

We’ve gone analog at our church. At least for a few weeks. What does that mean? Well, we’ve been asked to check our phones at the door (figuratively not literally) and bring our hardcopy bibles from which to read. We’ve … Continue reading →

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Bridled

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Pete

This morning, I’m chewing on a phrase in Jeremiah. A descriptor for sin. A big part of what the prophets do is call out God’s people for their sin. Thus, it’s not surprising that they come up with (or, are … Continue reading →

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The Difference Phinehas Makes

Posted on April 17, 2023 by Pete

It would seem that chapters 17 through 21 could just have easily been chapters 3 through 7. Who knew? Hovering over and diving a bit into the final chapters of Judges this morning. And a small detail turns upside down … Continue reading →

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The Sinner’s Prayer

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Pete

Hovering over Psalm 38 this morning. And talk about your desperate, seemingly unbearable situation! Israel’s poet is flat on the mat and not sure he can get up before the ten count. Or, to use a different metaphor, he feels … Continue reading →

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God Determines the Destiny

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Pete

It was Ralph Waldo Emerson who, with pen wrote: “Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a … Continue reading →

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An Either/Or Thing

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Pete

I read the words of the old songwriter and it brings to mind the words of the old preacher. I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep Your word. ~ The Psalmist (Psalm 119:101 ESV) … Continue reading →

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On Being Cavalier

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Pete

Recently, I have found myself in a few situations where I’ll say something like: Every time you encounter someone else’s sin, don’t examine them with a microscope in order to judge them, but look on them as a mirror reflecting … Continue reading →

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Done! Let’s Move On!

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Pete

Wrapped up Judges this morning. What a tough journey it has been. Tougher this year than in past years for some reason. Perhaps because over the past year we’ve had a ringside seat as to what it kind of looks … Continue reading →

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Those Who Are Barely Escaping

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Pete

Had to laugh at the following meme: “I never thought the comment ‘I wouldn’t touch him/her with a 6 foot pole’ would become a national policy, but here we are.” Makes me think about the number of ways our vocabulary … Continue reading →

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