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This is the correct take.
Keep changing the clocks. It's a hassle twice a year, and it's worth it.
Lock North Carolina on daylight saving time, and the sun wouldn't come up in Murphy until 8:45 a.m. in January. Lock it on standard time, and Manteo's June sunrise comes at 4:46 a.m.
Switching gets both right. The sun rises by 8 a.m. every day of the year in every North Carolina county, and on the longest days it stays light past 8 p.m. everywhere.
Permanent daylight saving time: every county would get sunrises after 8 a.m., from late fall through winter. Manteo would have 59 of them, Raleigh 83, Charlotte 97 and Murphy 120.
Permanent standard time: summer sunsets before 8 p.m. everywhere, from 7:23 p.m. in Manteo to 7:54 p.m. in Murphy.
The U.S. House voted in July to make daylight saving time permanent. I hope the Senate doesn't.
Change my mind.
No one can argue with a changed life.
You don’t have to have bible verses memorized and intellectual arguments crystallized in your mind to make a difference in the Kingdom of God.
Numerous times in the Gospels, we see the message of Jesus spread simply by people going and telling how Jesus has changed them.
You can make a difference in the Kingdom of God, simply by telling your story.
Parents, you should talk to your kids about sex earlier than you think you should because they will hear about it from friends and screens earlier than you think they will. And it is better for them to feel comfortable coming to you with questions rather than turning to their friends or the internet.
Believing parents are called to train up their children in the way they should go (Proverbs 22:6) and bring their children up in the training and instruction of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4).
Want a biblically helpful resource for having age-appropriate conversations? God’s Design for Sex by Jones, Jones, and Nystrom is a great four-book series to walk through with your kids as they age, and one we have used personally in our home. (linked in the comments below!)
Sex and sexuality are neither weird nor taboo in the Scriptures, and they should not be weird or taboo for us to talk about with our kids.
What a gift to your children for them to know that Mom and Dad want to help them navigate such a big topic and that they can feel comfortable coming to you with important and confusing questions.
And training children up in the Lord is intentional. Meaning, parents don’t wait, but lead the way in conversations like these.
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I'm excited to share that I've written a devotional study through the book of Ephesians. 📖
Ephesians: Living in Light of What We’ve Been Given is designed to help you better understand God's Word and apply it to your everyday life.
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We don’t follow Jesus because doing so “works.” We follow Jesus because he is true.
There are many blessings that come with believing the gospel and submitting your life to Christ, but there are also difficulties that come with following him in this life.
Jesus says we must deny ourselves and take up our cross daily (Luke 9:23). In addition, we read things like this in Philippians 1:29:
“For it has been granted to you on Christ’s behalf not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him…”
The great news is that any suffering, hardship, or difficulties we face for following Jesus and standing firm on his Word are worth it. As Paul writes in Romans 8:18, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.”
But that doesn’t mean hardship, persecution, and difficulty won’t come. If you don't understand that, you can easily walk away from the Lord when things get hard, assuming that if he really loved you, he would make everything better according to how we define “better.”
Following Jesus is not something we do because doing so “works.” We follow Jesus because he is true.
Only in pagan religions do people do things for the gods that they cannot do for themselves. These false gods need help and service.
There is nothing that the one true God needs. And there is certainly nothing we can do for God that he can't do for himself...
It seems appropriate to call statements like this blasphemy.
"We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window…”
- Eric Trump, son of President Donald Trump. @atrupar.
If God answered every prayer you prayed in the last week, would the world be different, or just your world?
We should ask the Lord for our needs and desires, but not just for those things. We should pray for the salvation of those in our lives who don’t know Jesus. We should be petitioning God on behalf of those in our lives who need him to move in their lives.
What would be different about the kingdom of God if God answered all your recent prayers?
Keep that in mind as you pray, and may your answer next week reflect a greater concern for God's kingdom.
You may know intellectually that you shouldn’t compromise your faith for lesser things. But does the way you live reflect that belief?
In Mark 8:34–35, we see these well-known words of Jesus:
“If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and the gospel will save it.”
We shouldn’t trade Jesus for the things of this world and lose our souls. We shouldn’t let the things of this world get in the way of our walk with the Lord. At least, we know these things are true. But knowing and doing are two separate things.
Here are some ways we slowly begin to trade Jesus for the things of this world:
We aren’t intentional about regularly participating in our local faith community. Things like work, travel, or other priorities get in the way.
We aren’t intentional about fighting sin in our lives. We don’t take seriously the call to be holy because our Lord is holy.
We are not consistently financially generous and do not have planned giving in our monthly budgets.
We only pray when we need or want something from God.
We never confess our sins to a trusted friend.
Jesus always responds to repentance with grace, so we can, without shame, examine where we may be slowly drifting and trading Jesus for the world.
Don’t trade the temporary things of this world for the eternal blessing of being a part of the family of God.
Should Christians attend same-sex weddings? 🏳️🌈
I share some thoughts and (try to) demonstrate that biblical wisdom actually has some clear answers. 👇
thinking.dylandodson.com/p/s…
Wait, coming to die to fulfill the law as the perfect and final sacrifice in our place is *literally* the reason Jesus came... 🤔
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
-Mark 10:45
Here’s the thing, you cannot accept Jesus as a “prophet of God” if you reject his teachings.
If he truly was a prophet, then everything he said about himself and what he came to do was true.
If you don’t trust in Jesus as Lord, you haven’t “accepted him as a prophet.”
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Not a single follower of Jesus wrote the Book of Mormon.
The Book of Mormon takes place in the ancient Americas and, like the Bible, was written by Jesus Christ's followers. It teaches His gospel and testifies of Him. As you live the teachings found in the Book of Mormon, you can find peace and truth.
churchofjesuschrist.org/come…
There are *many* reasons why Jesus is different than others, and everyone knows that.
For example, you can't name even *one* other figure who claimed to be the Messiah from that period.
Maybe there was something different about Jesus? 🤔
There were like 50 different Messiahs during the Second Temple period. I don’t feel “stressed” that any of them were actually Moshiach. Why should I for Jesus?
Comparing the Gospels to other Jewish groups at the time, they’re nothing remarkable. His moral teachings are from Hillel. His legal teachings are from Shammai. He repeats a lot of what the Essenes said.
Do Christians ever worry that Mohammed was a prophet? No. Then I’m not concerned.
One of many reasons why you should prioritize your local church.
Anecdotally, as a pastor I've seen this play out many times. Those who make Sunday church attendance a priority are typically much better adjusted in life and are more mature than those who do not.
Conservatives who attend church weekly are the least likely to have ever been diagnosed with a mental health condition.
Liberals who have low attendance are the most likely to have a diagnosis.
A confounding variable is that liberals tend to seek out mental health services more than conservatives, however.
