2025

2 articles

  1. Engraving-style illustration of a worried man in a suit holding the two halves of a broken ruler, under the word “Worth”

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    Measuring Your Worth With a Broken Ruler

    Growing up, I do not recall feeling like I was a bad person. Don’t get me wrong, as a homeschooled teenager, I certainly was not overflowing with self-confidence or charisma. Aloof and awkward are more accurate. Everyone has areas where they feel incompetent, incapable, and in over their heads.

  2. A robotic hand reaching out of a computer screen towards a leather-bound Bible on a wooden desk

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    Enhance Your AI Interactions

    Did you know you can add system instructions to govern all interactions with AI? I just updated mine to automatically link Bible texts to StepBible, which I find to be considerably more useful than BlueLetterBible for…

2024

7 articles

  1. Two crowds of people holding placards, standing on either side of a tall brick wall

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    A Story for This Time

    This week, while writing a more lengthy study on the Laodicean message, I discovered that James White shared a most relevant story of revival on January 15, 1857, that bears deeper reflection today.

  2. An angry man in a suit of armour typing furiously at a computer keyboard

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    Muckraking Gossip Ministry or News Reporting?

    In recent years, shifts in how information is collected, shared, and accessed, have made it more difficult to differentiate gossip from news. The two often look quite similar unless you know what to look out for.

  3. macOS folder icons in six colours, labelled Black, White, Manila, Red, Green and Blue

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    A Modern MacOS Iconpack

    Step 1: Select the image file. Copy it (CMD+C). Step 2: Select the folders you want to change the icon for. Press CMD+OPT+i Step 3: Click on the icon image, a blue outline should appear. Paste with CMD+V.

  4. A cloaked traveller with a pack looking out over a mountain valley, beside the words “The Glory of Obscurity”

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    The Glory of Obscurity

    Many of us work tirelessly to leave our mark on human history, driven by the awareness of our fleeting mortality. As we observe our friends and family age, retire, and finally pass away, we yearn to do something…

  5. A vintage car and a modern car facing each other at sunset, with the words “KJV vs Modern Translations”

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    KJV vs. Modern Translations – 7 Considerations

    If you’re a millennial or older, you probably grew up with the KJV, memorized Bible verses in it, and maybe even came to love the eloquence that makes it so distinct. In some ways, I am no exception.

  6. A richly robed Pharisee praying with arms raised while a man kneels behind him, captioned “Repent? I am not like other men…”

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    Love Repents

    Some who argue against the necessity of repentance for forgiveness craft their arguments with a peculiar certainty. They would have us astonishingly believe that: 1. The call to “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at…

  7. A woman in a dark room looking up into a shaft of light

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    Not Forsaken

    Have you ever missed spending time with God? I don’t know about you, but early along in my Christian experience, I picked up the idea that if I wasn’t spending a minimum of ____ [time] with God every day, I was running…

2023

2 articles

  1. A battered golden crown and a bronze apple on a wooden floor strewn with debris, with clusters of red fruit and broken silver ornaments behind

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    The Power of Grace

    THERE is power in grace as certainly as there is power in sin. And there is “much more” power in grace than there is in sin. For “where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.”

  2. A stack of hardback books on a desk beside a bookcase in warm window light

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    How to Read Faster and Retain More

    Let’s face it, most new year’s resolutions go before they come because they’re often not all that achievable. In fact, you’re probably thinking right now that reading more than 2–3 books is equally unachievable!

2021

1 article

  1. A gloved hand holding a COVID-19 vaccination record card beside a vial and a syringe

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    Vaccination, Mandates, and Freedom

    There are three laws upon which rational thought is based: The Law of Identity—If something is true, then it is true. If something is false, then it is false.

2020

1 article

  1. “Plot Twist: Your Conspiracy will Backfire” lettered over a dark collage of the all-seeing eye from a dollar bill

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    Plot Twist: Your Conspiracy will Backfire

    It doesn’t take long for the crises of life to bring conspiracies to the forefront that persuade many. There’s just something about “knowing” information the rest of the world is not yet privy to that brings on a subtle…

2019

1 article

  1. “Plot Twist: Our Adventist-Imported Paganism” lettered over standing stones under a blue sky

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    Plot Twist: Our Adventist-Imported Paganism

    As I serve in ministry and especially when the holidays approach, I’m often surprised by the number of articles and advocates I come across on any number of topics associating certain beliefs and practices with paganism.