by Jeremy | Aug 28, 2015 | Sabbath Thoughts
Zero. The answer is zero. You can handle sin about as effectively as you can handle bullets in your vital organs—that is to say, not at all. Sin destroys. Sin requires a life. Sin devours potential and crushes hope and separates you from God, which means there is no...
by Jeremy | Aug 21, 2015 | Sabbath Thoughts
So are “hard” and “complicated.” He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8) Simple. Not easy. Hard. Not complicated. We can talk...
by Jeremy | Aug 14, 2015 | Holy Day
One of my favorite things about foreign languages are the words that don’t translate well. A crêpe, for instance, is not what most Americans call a pancake. It’s similar, for sure, but not the same. If a flapjack house gave you a plate full of crêpes,...
by Jeremy | Aug 7, 2015 | Sabbath Thoughts
I think any words I add to this story will only cheapen it, so I’ll keep my part short. If you haven’t already heard, this past Sunday, an assistant counselor at the Living Church of God’s Ohio LYC Camp was killed during a tragic water skiing...
by Jeremy | Jul 31, 2015 | Sabbath Thoughts
“This class will be graded on a curve.” During my time as a student, these were the eight most beautiful words in the English language. It didn’t matter what teacher; it didn’t matter what subject—those eight simple words broadcast one...