I wasn’t more than ten years old when I watched my grandfather butcher a pig. Contrary to what some might imagine, I don’t think I was emotionally damaged by it. Sure, it was gruesome and bloody. But I also remember thinking that this is… Continue Reading “Choosing an Atoning Sacrifice”
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Posted on August 22, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I first became a homeowner when I was 25. It was a small run-down rental in a suburb of Sacramento, California. My wife and I decided we could buy it at a good price and “fix it up” ourselves in preparation for our soon-to-arrive… Continue Reading “Choosing My Building Materials”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Building Materials, Cheap materials, Costly, Eternal Life, Eternal Reward, Eternity, Faith, Gold, Goodness of God, Hay, Heaven, Heavenly Dwelling, Heavenly Treasures, Hope, Jewels, Long-Term, love, Precious Stones, Sacrifice, Short-sighted, short-term, Silver, Straw, Trust, Wood
Posted on February 7, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I wasn’t more than ten years old when I watched my grandfather butcher a pig. Contrary to what some might imagine, I don’t think I was emotionally damaged by it. Sure, it was gruesome and bloody. But I also remember thinking that this is… Continue Reading “Choosing an Exchanged Life”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Atonement, Blood, Bloody, Circle of Life, Death, Exchange, Execution, Grace, Guilty, Human Sacrifice, Innocent, Lamb of God, love, Mercy, Offering, Offerings, Resurrection, Sacrifice, Sacrifices, shame, sin, Suffer, Suffering, Theories of the Atonement
Posted on August 2, 2021
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Some stories in the Bible have struck me as unfair, and at times I have found myself sympathizing with the “bad guy.” Take for example the parable of the three servants who received money from their master to invest while he was gone (Matthew… Continue Reading “Choosing Real Worship”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Acceptable Worship, Cain and Abel, Gifts, Humility, No Pretending, Offering, Open Heart, Real Worship, Sacrifice, Sincere Worship, Soft Heart, Tender Heart, True Worship, Vulnerability, Worship, Worship in Spirit and Truth, Worshiping
Posted on November 2, 2020
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I wasn’t more than ten years old when I watched my grandfather butcher a pig. Contrary to what some might imagine, I don’t think I was emotionally damaged by it. Sure, it was gruesome and bloody. But I also remember thinking that this is… Continue Reading “Choosing to Embrace the Atonement”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Animal Sacrifice, Atonement, Bloody, Circle of Life, Cross, Crucifixion, Death, Human Sacrifice, Innocent Death, Life, Resurrection, Sacrifice, sacrificial love