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Grizzly Bears and Spiders
On a recent trip to Canada a tour guide discussing the refusal of grizzly bear mamas to take underground passages to safely cross roads...
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May 7, 20243 min read
Grace Without Faith
The first four articles in Trying to Walk are what I call Creation Apologetics. Their purpose is to defend and support the idea that...
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Apr 30, 20244 min read
A Pearl Before Swine
The thought of having an expensive possession that I liked very much and splattering mud all over it (for fun!) is something that would...
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Apr 24, 20246 min read
The Freedom of “No”
What we are considering here is a reason for which many people reject any association with, or submission to, God. Those reasons are many...
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Apr 17, 20244 min read
Selfish Christianity?
While visiting a church on a vacation trip a few years ago the comment was made to me that Christianity was a most selfish religion. This...
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Apr 10, 20245 min read
Living and Dying vs Dying and Living
The crucifixion of Jesus Christ is, without doubt, the most salient event contained in the Biblical record. It has had immense effect on...
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Apr 3, 20244 min read
Peanut Christianity
" . . . Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous person; though perhaps for the good person someone would...
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Mar 25, 20245 min read
Elevate and Subdue Isn’t About You
Recently Trying to Walk has presented two articles concerned with a proper approach to living the Christian life. "It's Not About You,"...
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Mar 18, 20245 min read
Elevate and Subdue
Moses chose spiritual over physical How is man different from all the other living creatures God placed on the earth at creation? You...
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Mar 11, 20245 min read
Reacting to Jesus
A journey through 1st century church history. In Acts 2 Peter preached the first sermon in the church that Jesus built (Matt. 16:18.) One...
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Mar 4, 20246 min read
It’s Not About You
As infants we are totally dependent on others for our survival, but we have zero concern for their needs. As adolescents we understand...
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Feb 26, 20245 min read
Anger Management
Don't let the sun go down on your wrath. What are your "hot button" issues? What really gets your "dander up"? (as they say (and look...
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Feb 19, 20247 min read
Peace
What bothers you most about the life that you're living? What is it that consumes more of your thoughts than you would willingly give? Is...
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Feb 12, 20246 min read
1 + 1 +1 = 1
The "Sinai and the Cross" blog from last week considered the "God's Eternal Purpose" (GEP) chart from the beginning of man's "salvation...
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Feb 5, 20245 min read
What Do Mt Sinai and the Cross Have In Common?
The Bible is an amazing book. It is complicated in that it is actually a library of books rather than a single book. As a library it has...
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Jan 29, 20247 min read
Let’s Just Chat
We've got the fire going and it's cold outside. Hot chocolate anyone? (Franklin Delano would be proud of us. (I'm not sure if that's a...
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Jan 22, 20244 min read
God’s In Control?
I'm sure you have heard someone say, "We know God is in control." As an example, someone loses their job and a friend tells them, "We...
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Jan 15, 20246 min read
There’s No Other Way
If we are in any way serious about following God there are a few things we have to accept from the start. One of those is that God is,...
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Jan 8, 20244 min read
Starting All Over Again
"Happy New Year," we cheerfully greet each other. Or as Jose Feliciano sings in Feliz Navidad, "y prospero ano nueva," a prosperous new...
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Jan 1, 20245 min read
In the Bleak Midwinter
Christina Rossetti, was the daughter of an accomplished English family. Her father was a professor teaching Italian at a London...
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Dec 25, 20235 min read
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